Earlier today, the Nancy Blackett Trust had the honour of making a donation to leukaemia survivor Oliver Rofix, in support of his Round Britain Challenge to recruit one thousand new donors for the Anthony Nolan Trust. The donation was presented to Oliver by Skipper John Smith at 2pm, five years to the hour that Oliver […]
Our photo album from last weekend's RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace is now available.
Don't forget to visit the Nancy Blackett Trust stand at the RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace, London, today and tomorrow. If you are not a Trust member and would like to join, there is a special show offer of £10 for a year, or £15 for a recurring membership and a free book or […]
Come and see us at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, March 5th-6th, Alexandra Palace, London. Nancy herself won’t be there – too big for our stand and not actually a dinghy – but we’ll have plenty of information and people on hand to talk about how you can enjoy sailing on Nancy, and maybe become a skipper or mate. […]
You can now view our new London International Boat Show photo album, including an extra photo of Swallow, here.
Swallow, the recently-restored dinghy from the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, is currently on display at the London International Boat Show until January 16th.
The Round the Island Race, in which Nancy Blackett participated this summer, is the subject of a forthcoming two-part series on Channel 4, called "Britain's Favourite Yacht Race". Both episodes will be broadcast on Saturday mornings – this weekend, 13th November, and again on the 20th November – at 7.30am (but you can use Channel […]
For everyone who came to the Nancy Blackett lift-out weekend hoping, quite reasonably, to see Nancy being lifted out, our apologies. It’s honestly never occurred to us before, but it doesn't work like that. The aim of the weekend is to mark the end of the sailing season, clear Nancy ready for her winter lay-up […]
This Saturday, October 23rd, sees the end of Nancy Blackett's sailing season with laying-up day in Woodbridge. From 11am, members will be gathering in the Tidemill Marina to clear and clean Nancy. In the afternoon, we'll be drawing the raffle and in the evening, laying-up supper at the Cherry Tree pub. If you plan to […]
Nancy Blackett will be on display this Saturday, 25th September at Woolverstone Marina – come and see Arthur Ransome’s Goblin, step aboard, look around and find out about opportunities for sailing aboard her. Everyone is welcome, particularly families, youth groups, sailing clubs, etc. Nancy’s open day, 11am-5pm approx, is part of her home Marina’s own […]
Young fan’s ‘pier-head jump’ aboard Nancy Blackett. Nancy Blackett’s return voyage form the Maritime Woodbridge festival turned into an adventure reminiscent of Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go To Sea”, when a young American fan jumped aboard at the last minute. Nancy’s appearance at the festival attracted loads of visitors, including a Japanese fan, […]
Nancy Blackett’s appearance at the Maritime Woodbridge Festival this weekend (11th-12th September) coincides with an important anniversary in her long career. It will be exactly seventy-five years ago on Sunday that Arthur Ransome purchased her in Poole Harbour, for £525, and immediately changed her name from the previous owner’s choice, Electron, to Nancy Blackett, […]
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