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Nancy Blackett Tentatively Sets Sail for the Solent

12th May 201312th May 2013

Nancy Blackett tentatively departed yesterday evening for the Solent, and so far has made it to Titchmarsh Marina, via Shotley, the Walton Channel and the Twizzle, with conditions further out at sea remaining unpleasant. Wth the current forecast …

Nancy Blackett’s First ‘Proper’ Sail – With Photos

3rd May 20132nd May 2013

Nancy Blackett’s first ‘proper’ sail of the season on Sunday was captured by photographer Gill Moon. We’ve done a short sail for the Countryfile cameras, and a delivery trip-cum-crew training run, but this was Nancy …

‘Nancy Blackett Was My Childhood’ – An Emotional Reunion

27th April 201326th April 2013

Sarah Brandon, née Bentley, grew up on Nancy Blackett. During Nancy Blackett’s fitting-out weekend earlier this month, she revisited the boat of her childhood after a gap of over 25 years. For Sarah, the elder …

Nancy Blackett is Home Again

22nd April 201322nd April 2013

Nancy Blackett is now back in her Woolverstone marina home berth, after having spent the last week in Woodbridge due to unfavourable winds. She left Woodbridge with the tide on Saturday morning and made a …

Nancy Blackett’s Countryfile: Our Review and Compilation

2nd May 202117th April 2013

Skip to video compilation Well, I think Countryfile did us proud, writes NBT chairman Peter Willis. Ten minutes’ airtime is good going, even if it did take most of the day to capture it. It …

Screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s Countryfile

31st October 202016th April 2013

We now have a gallery of screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile last Sunday. See the photoset on Flickr.

Matt badge mania as Countryfile airs

22nd September 202115th April 2013

Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile programme yesterday sparked an immediate avalanche of hits on our website, even before the programme had ended. This included a huge upsurge in demand for enamel badges of the …

Matt and Nancy: Countdown to Countryfile

31st October 202013th April 2013

There is now less than a day to go before you can see Nancy Blackett featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme. Presenter Matt Baker will be tracing the story Arthur Ransome and “We Didn’t Mean to …

More Behind the Scenes on Countryfile with Nancy Blackett

11th April 2013

Before we see the start of Nancy Blackett's new season featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April at 7pm on BBC1, here are some more photos showing what was going on behind the scenes in …

Behind the Scenes on Countryfile with Nancy Blackett

2nd May 20219th April 2013

While we are waiting to see the start of Nancy Blackett’s new season featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April at 7pm on BBC1, here are some photos showing what was going on behind the …

Mike Illingworth of Robertsons, standing, and presenter Matt Baker sitting on cabin roof aboard Nancy as she waits for the tide to come up and launch her. Photo: B. Bonser

Nancy Blackett on BBC’s Countryfile on Sunday 14th April

6th April 20135th April 2013

The start of Nancy Blackett's new season will be featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April (7pm, BBC1). Nancy Blackett's relaunch for the start of the 2013 season was filmed on a …

Nancy Blackett in Classic Boat’s Top 200

21st December 202519th March 2013

Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett is rated in the Top 200 classic boats of all time, as compiled by Classic Boat magazine and now posted on its website. Nancy is number 78 in the listing, which …