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Nancy Blackett at the Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival (Photos)

31st October 20207th June 2013

Nancy Blackett attended the Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival over the weekend of 1st and 2nd June. See our Flickr gallery of photographs, courtesy of skipper Bob Page.

Swallows and Amazons Vintage Classics paperback

Swallows and Amazons Wins V&A Illustration Award

21st December 20256th June 2013

The cover for the new Vintage Classics edition of “Swallows and Amazons” has won the prestigious 2013 V&A Book Cover Illustration Award for the Finnish illustrator Pietari Posti. The winning design is one of several he …

Nancy Blackett in Yarmouth for the Old Gaffers Festival

26th October 201430th May 2013

After spending Monday night at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club, Nancy Blackett moved to Lymington Yacht Haven for two nights. This morning the skipper and his mate had a good sail across to Yarmouth, via various …

She Did Mean to Go to Sea!

1st June 202129th May 2013

Sophie Neville – who played Titty in the original "Swallows and Amazons" film – took a step up from sailing Swallow last Monday when she took the helm of Nancy Blackett on passage from Buckler's …

Nancy Blackett at Bucklers Hard (Photos)

1st June 202127th May 2013

Nancy Blackett enjoyed a good number of visitors at the weekend while she was at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River, Hampshire, including Magnus Smith of Sailing Swallow, for the Arthur Ransome Society IAGM. While …

Swallow at Bucklers Hard (Photos)

1st June 202126th May 2013

We celebrated the 40th anniversary of the filming of “Swallows and Amazons” with the restored dinghy Swallow, one of its stars, at Bucklers Hard this weekend, in conjunction with IAGM of the Arthur Ransome Society. …

Nancy Blackett at Bucklers Hard

1st June 202123rd May 2013

A dispatch received earlier this evening from none other than the Nancy Blackett Trust's very own chairman, Peter Willis, states simply: "Nancy at Bucklers Hard. Crew just like Arthur and Evgenia repaired to Master Builder and …

Nancy Blackett in the Solent

1st November 201320th May 2013

Nancy Blackett is safely in the Solent, having transferred from Gosport to Port Hamble yesterday morning. She will be at Bucklers Hard over the bank holiday weekend along with Swallow, for the IAGM of the …

Nancy Blackett: Berthed in Brighton

18th May 2013

Nancy Blackett and her crew made it to Brighton yesterday after a long twelve-hour voyage from Dover, having decided not to stop en-route at Eastbourne. The aim for today is now to reach Gosport, and …

Nancy Blackett: Docked in Dover

1st November 201316th May 2013

Nancy Blackett and her crew are safely berthed in Dover, having experienced a pleasant voyage from Ramsgate. As the winds have now become more favourable (in terms of both direction and strength), Nancy will continue …

The Return of the Three Ships Teatowel

26th October 201415th May 2013

The popular teatowel design featuring three of Arthur Ransome's boats – Nancy Blackett, Peter Duck and Ragged Robin (formerly Lottie Blossom) – is now available again from our shop. As before it is available in …

Nancy Blackett: Rendezvous in Ramsgate

14th May 2013

Nancy Blackett has already made it to Ramsgate! With her crew she left the Titchmarsh Marina and went out to the Medusa channel yesterday, and found that the conditions were slight with a south-westerly force 3/4, …