Swallow's Skipper during the AGM weekend, Mark Jacobson, writes: Being a wooden clinker built boat, you might think that Swallow would be heavy. This she is not. Either on her launching trolley or on the water she is light, and very quickly responds to a gust of wind. With her long keel, going about has […]
Just a quick reminder that the BBC radio documentary "Paddling with Peter Duck" will be broadcast next week. The half-hour programme features John McCarthy exploring the life of Arthur Ransome through the boats he has owned, including Nancy Blackett and Peter Duck. Peter Willis, Chairman of the Nancy Blackett Trust, recorded a segment with John […]
A new video of Sophie Neville and crew departing upriver on the Nancy Blackett in some belated sunshine, following our 14th AGM on 16th July 2011.
“Swallows and Amazons” the musical will be appearing at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, over the Christmas period. Announced today in the Stage and the theatre press, tickets went on sale for the reprise of the Bristol Old Vic production that premièred to rave reviews last December. Adapted by Helen Edmundson from the novel by Arthur […]
A new video of the movie Swallow and Nancy Blackett sailing on the River Orwell at Woolverstone, following our 14th AGM on 16th July 2011.
A new video of the movie Swallow departing on her second trip of the afternoon on 16th July 2011 at Woolverstone, Suffolk, following our 14th AGM, with special guests Claudia Myatt and Sophie Neville.
A new video of the movie Swallow departing on her first trip of the afternoon on 16th July 2011 at Woolverstone, Suffolk, following the our 14th AGM.
Nancy Blackett reached Veere yesterday, motoring up and then sailing on Veerse Meer. The crew went to a 60th party with the Hammetts and had a nice meal in a local restaurant. Today, Nancy is in Middelburg for a crew changeover that should be completed by tomorrow evening.
A new video showing the film Swallow being prepared for her first trip of the afternoon on 16th July 2011 at Woolverstone, Suffolk, following our 14th AGM.
New photos of the Nancy Blackett in action on the River Orwell at Woolverstone, Suffolk, on 16th July 2011, with special guest Sophie Neville, after our 14th AGM. The full album and slideshow are available here.
Nancy Blackett made it to Flushing (aka Vlissingen) in just under 24 hours, arriving at 3.15am today (Wednesday), having cast off at 3.30 the previous night. Skipper Bryan Bonser reports an uneventful passage, with very little wind. “We had one hour’s sailing at 5 knots, followed by a half-hour at 4 knots, then what could […]
New photos of the Nancy Blackett and the movie Swallow in action on the River Orwell at Woolverstone, Suffolk, on 16th July 2011, after our 14th AGM. The album and slideshow may be seen here.
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