Flushed with success

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 …

Now for Holland!

Nancy Blackett's voyage to Vlissingen in Holland, 75 years after Ransome's own trip, was delayed by 36 hours by both weather conditions, and the discovery on Sunday morning that a bolt holding the alternator to …

Swallow’s Relaunch in Pictures

Our photo album from the relaunch of the Swallow from the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film at Coniston on Sunday 10th April 2011, including shots of Bank Ground Farm (“Holly Howe”) and Swallow’s restored boathouse, …

‘Swallow’ Under Sail

Watch our video below of Swallow under sail on her maiden relaunch voyage on Coniston Water, with Sophie Neville and Helen Lewis, plus the final visitor trip of the day on 10th April 2011.

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