The RYA Dinghy Show in pictures
Our photo album from last weekend's RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace is now available.
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Live from the RYA Dinghy Show
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 […]
Nancy Blackett at the Dinghy Show
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. […]
More from the London International Boat Show
You can now view our new London International Boat Show photo album, including an extra photo of Swallow, here.
“Swallow” at the London International Boat Show
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.
Round the Island Race on TV
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 […]
Nancy lifted out: photo
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 […]
Nancy’s laying-up this weekend
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 […]
Open day this weekend
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 […]
She DID mean to go to sea
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, […]
Woodbridge this weekend – and an anniversary
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, […]
Good Luck Laura Dekker!
Dutch 14-year-old Laura Dekker sets sail on Wednesday 4th August on the shakedown passage to Portugal for the start of her planned solo round-the-world voyage. A modern Nancy Blackett? Perhaps so – she certainly shows the same admirable spirit and determination, and the link with Ransome's characters has not been lost on Peter Hitchens, who […]
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