Nancy Blackett and her new crew have had a busy sixth week in Zeeland so far, as new crewman Nick Ardagh-Walter writes. The new crew arrived in Middelburg on Saturday morning and joined sitting tenant …
Journalist Octavia Pollock from “Country Life” magazine recently spent some time aboard Nancy Blackett and around Pin Mill, during the weekend of the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree in mid-May. Her resultant 3-page feature appears …
Nancy Blackett and her crew were back in Middelburg on Friday, at the end of a week when we visited and revisited favourite places, writes skipper Jon Millward. On Tuesday we arrived in Zierikzee from Goes …
In today’s message (with more photos and a video) from Tony Clarke, Nancy Blackett had a varied voyage from Veere to Goes: “Monday – From Veere to Goes we had some motoring and some sailing …
The start of Nancy Blackett’s fifth week in Holland was on the wet side, as crewman Tony Clarke writes… “We ventured out of Middelburg in heavy drizzle up to the lock at Veere. and then …
In Peter Willis’ final report from his week onboard Nancy Blackett, he writes… We’re on the train back to Hook of Holland and John Millward and his crew are now aboard Nancy Blackett. Yesterday (Friday) …
Peter Willis sheds some light on the most recent adventures of Nancy Blackett and her crew… Following Wednesday’s cracking sail on the Oosterschelde, we enjoyed a convivial drink with fellow Brits John and Margaret from …
The original Lottie Blossom (now Ragged Robin III), owned by Arthur Ransome from 1951-52, is now for sale. A 6-ton, centre-cockpit Hillyard yacht, Ragged Robin is cutter-rigged, and has been restored and equipped by her …
Today we had our best sail of the week so far for the current Nancy Blackett crew, which we’ve dubbed the Riddle of the Sands passage, or possibly the Riddle of the Middle, writes Peter …
For our mid-week round-up of the fourth week of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch adventure, we received the following missive from Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust: “It was too windy to sail on Sunday, so …
For our final Nancy Blackett dispatch this week, able-seaman Sophie Neville writes: “This morning all was quiet in Zeeland, where the thunder, lightning and high winds had passed. “All was well with Nancy Blackett and …
Nancy Blackett and her crew were able to do some sailing today, as skipper Ian McGlynn recounts: “We had a good sail today from Wemeldinge to the Zandkreeksluis, and then to Wolphaartsdijk, where we are …
