Nancy Blackett's sailing programme for this summer is now available online, and bookings are now open. The programme includes: an early-season passage to the Solent, to cover the Arthur Ransome Society's IAGM at Buckler's Hard (24th – 26th May), and the Old Gaffers Yarmouth (IoW) Festival, aka YOGAFF (31st May – 1st June), with plenty […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust has just received a lovely Christmas card and message to us all from Mimi Ohsawa in Japan. Mimi visited Nancy Blackett in Woolverstone and Woodbridge at the time of the Woodbridge Festival in 2010 when she was studying at UEA, and based in Norwich. She is now a volunteer teaching youngsters […]
Nancy Blackett’s final cruise of the season was also the first for newly-promoted Skipper for Roger Sturge, the Nancy Blackett Trust’s Secretary. Here is his account… On Monday morning, in bright sunshine, we motored down the River Orwell and raised sail at Levington. The crew, Roger, Sue Heron and Ray Nash (the Trust’s treasurer) had […]
Arthur Ransome’s "We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea" was published 75 years ago this month. Inspired by his boat the Nancy Blackett, it was quickly recognised as the high point of his "Swallows and Amazons" series and one of the great pieces of sea fiction. The story features the four young ‘Swallows’ (John, Susan, Titty and […]
A very unusual but appropriate venue was the scene for the Autumn meeting of the Board of the Nancy Blackett Trust earlier this week, when it met at the Hermitage Community Moorings in Wapping, London. It was too good an opportunity to miss to photograph some less usual views of the Thames, so here are […]
Nancy Blackett will be one of the main attractions at Maritime Woodbridge this coming weekend. She will be in good company amongst other classic boats and old gaffers, barges and coracles. The theme of this year’s event is 1,000 years of history, and includes talks by historians Robert Simper and Bob Merrett, as well as […]
If you have ever wanted to sail on the Nancy Blackett, there are a few remaining opportunities before the end of the 2012 season. In September we have an East Coast Cruise, where one remaining crew member may be needed from September 5th to 7th. We also have two crew spaces available after Maritime Woodbridge […]
A cinema release date has been announced for the film for which Nancy Blackett did some scenes earlier this year. The date (possibly still provisional at this stage) is Friday 19th October. No actual venues have been announced. The film also has a new title. Called "Bomb" at the time of Nancy's filming, it is […]
Nancy Blackett and her crew enjoyed a great Swallows and Amazons weekend last month, with the OGA East Coast Area and the Walton and Frinton Yacht Club. Having commandeered a Wagtail, we had a good time in the Saturday race, although with the light winds, it proved quite challenging, particularly when the spring tide started ebbing […]
“A wonderful day that I will never forget – it was a totally amazing experience” Thirty-six top-year schoolchildren from Kessingland Primary School near Lowestoft enjoyed a books-and-boats day out with Arthur Ransome’s yacht Nancy Blackett and local author Julia Jones’s Peter Duck, also originally owned by Ransome. Their day out, on June 25th, began at […]
A new video of Nancy Blackett’s early evening trip on the Orwell before the Summer Social dinner of 16th June 2012. Music provided by MusicRevolution
The weather held out after the AGM until the evening dinner, so there was time for a final early evening cruise on Nancy Blackett, albeit in blustery conditions. See our Flickr photoset for more.
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