Events | The Nancy Blackett Trust

The Voyage of the ‘Swallow’

27th May 201813th April 2011

Following the relaunch of the Swallow on April 10th 2011, Rob Boden of Sail Ransome decided that it would a great idea to recreate a scene of the Swallows being seen off by Mother. With …

The Relaunch of Swallow

27th May 201811th April 2011

Below is our video edit of yesterday’s relaunch of Swallow at Coniston Pier.

One year ago, Swallow from the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” movie was being auctioned. Thanks to the efforts of Magnus Smith, Rob Boden and the Nancy Blackett Trust, today, purchased and restored, she is about …

Nancy: Happy 80th Birthday!

29th March 201129th March 2011

Yes – the Nancy Blackett is eighty years old this year! Born in 1931 at Hillyards boatyard in Littlehampton, Sussex, she was first registered as a British Ship, under her original name Spindrift, on 30th …

Nancy Blackett Supports Oliver’s Travels

21st December 202527th March 2011

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 …

The RYA Dinghy Show in pictures

9th March 2011

Our photo album from last weekend's RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace is now available.

Live from the RYA Dinghy Show

21st December 20255th March 2011

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 …

Nancy Blackett at the Dinghy Show

21st December 202511th February 2011

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 …

More from the London International Boat Show

1st November 202012th January 2011

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

21st December 202511th January 2011

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

26th October 201410th November 2010

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 …

Nancy lifted out: photo

30th October 201028th October 2010

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 …