Sail into summer with this beautiful new range of Swallows & Amazons teatowels and fine bone china, now available from the Nancy Blackett Shop. The pure cotton teatowels come in three distinctive designs, all featuring illustrations and motifs from Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons”, including the famous quote about duffers: “Better drowned than duffers if […]
Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, was interviewed live on BBC Radio Suffolk’s James Hazell Show last Saturday (21st May), for the weekend open days held by the Trust as part of the RYA’s national Push the Boat Out week. The interview was broadcast live in a number of short segments during the late morning. You can […]
Nancy Blackett is having a weekend of open days on 21st and 22nd May as part of the RYA’s Push the Boat Out event, which sees hundreds of sailing clubs and training centres up and down the country offering free or low cost ‘have a go’ sailing taster sessions and open days. Nancy Blackett’s two […]
Look at what turned up in the post today: the Japanese edition of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, published in two volumes. With thanks to Dr Naoya Umeda of the Department of Naval Architecture at Osaka University, and a long-time supporter of Nancy Blackett. If you’d like to help Nancy Blackett to last forever, […]
Nancy Blackett is now safely home at Woolverstone and the season’s adventures can begin! Here she is passing Felixstowe Ferry (opposite Bawdsey Quay) this afternoon in a stiff breeze. She was rolling quite a bit when she crossed the Deben Bar shortly after high water. Our thanks to Claudia Myatt, Neil Brookes and Rod Webb for […]
Nancy Blackett was back in the water in ample time for the fitting-out and planned delivery back to Woolverstone, and we offer a very big “thank you” to all of our volunteers who helped in appalling weather on Saturday 9th April. By the end of that wet day, a great deal had been done, just leaving a […]
A good though very wet Fitting-Out and Social Day was held last Saturday, but unfortunately some fresh, though slight, damage was found on Nancy Blackett’s mast, after having initially been rigged and almost ready to go to sea. Consequently, the two New Members Days that were due to be held on April 16th and 23rd […]
Less than 20 days after the launch of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s 20th Anniversary Appeal, the amount raised has already exceeded 20% of the ultimate target of £20,000. Donations small and large have been gratefully received from members, friends and fans of Nancy Blackett and all things Arthur Ransome. The appeal marks the 20th anniversary […]
2016 is a year of special anniversaries, including the 85th anniversary of Nancy Blackett, and the 20th anniversary of the launch of the original Nancy Blackett Appeal, which led to the formation of the Nancy Blackett Trust. The Trust will be holding or attending a number of events over the course of the year, highlights of […]
Twenty years after the launch of the original appeal for funds to purchase and preserve Arthur Ransome’s boat Nancy Blackett, the Nancy Blackett Trust has opened a new appeal designed to secure the future of the historic vessel. The Trust needs to raise additional funds to cover a larger-than-usual repair bill following a recent survey, and […]
The popular theatrical adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” returns to the stage this summer. The critically acclaimed play is produced by the Ipswich-based touring theatre company Eastern Angles, and first premiered in Ipswich in July 2008. Adapted by Nick Wood, it translates well to the stage and brings out the underlying humour of Ransome’s […]
We regret that we must report the passing of Roger Wardale on 28th December, after a short illness, at the age of 78. Roger Wardale was a founder member of the Arthur Ransome Society, its sometime chairman, and the editor for some years of its journal “Mixed Moss”, but he will be best-remembered for his many […]
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