Yankee up
Experimented off Calshot Spit with the Yankee sail. Probably only the second or third time it's been up. Chairman very excited when it worked well. Now motoring to make up lost time. Storm coming up behind. – Bob Hull
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En route to Cowes
Nancy Blackett left Hythe Marina at 14.00 en route to Cowes to prepare for the Round the Island Race. Delayed with sorting out the Yankee and losing the jib halyard up the mast! Problem resolved by going into the lock at low water! – Bob Hull
Nancy Blackett: Getting Ready for the Round the Island Race
Nancy Blackett is getting ready today in preparation for this year's J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. The race will be started by Dame Ellen MacArthur, patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust. Participating vessels will depart from Cowes, Isle of Wight, in eleven different groups at ten-minute intervals between 5AM and 6:40AM tomorrow […]
Nancy Blackett: Gosport and Beaulieu in pictures
A new photo album and slideshow from last week's visits to Gosport and Beaulieu are now available.
Nancy Blackett: it’s a family affair
Following Saturday's AGM, skipper Bryan Bonser took a well-deserved morning off on Sunday, while John Benford and Frank Martin took some more members for a short sail into Southampton Water and back. In the afternoon, Bryan's son and Frank's daughter (who are married – to each other), accompanied by their grandsons went for their own […]
Nancy Blackett at Hamble: in pictures
An album and slideshow of pictures taken last Saturday of Nancy Blackett and Hamble is now available.
‘Premiere’ of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” a hit at AGM
The highlight of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM last Saturday was the first amateur performance from the newly-published playscript of Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea.” The play, by dramatist Nick Wood, was created for the Ipswich-based Eastern Angles company and toured locally to general acclaim a couple of years ago. The […]
Nancy Blackett: to Buckler’s Hard and back again
On Wednesday, Nancy Blackett and her now small crew departed from Gosport and set sail for Buckler's Hard, the former ship-building centre on the Beaulieu River, in the heart of the New Forest, spending the night there. Yesterday, she motored all the way back across the Solent to Hamble in the teeth of a north-easterly […]
Nancy Blackett ready to race – and raise funds for charities
Nancy Blackett is registered to enter the Round the Island Race next Saturday (19th June), and we’re planning to use our participation to seek sponsorship for the good causes closest to our heart – helping young people to discover and enjoy sailing. To make sponsorship as easy as possible for our supporters, the Nancy Blackett […]
Nancy Blackett in the news
Nancy Blackett has featured in two articles this week: a preview of the forthcoming Round the Island Race – "Britain's favourite yacht race is just around the corner" (Afloat) an exploration of the Walton Backwaters, the setting for "Secret Water" – "Walton Backwaters: Going with the flow in Essex" (Telegraph)
Nancy Blackett: Hamble and Gosport
Nancy Blackett and her crew arrived in Hamble at tea-time yesterday, accompanied by a some light rain, following a good sail across the Solent. Today she headed west again, this time berthing at the Royal Clarence Marina in Gosport. Plans for tomorrow include a voyage up the Beaulieu River.
Nancy Blackett: YOGAFF 2010 Album
Photos and a slideshow from Nancy Blackett's weekend at YOGAFF are now available in the YOGAFF 2010 Album.
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