Helen Tew, vice-president of the Nancy Blackett Trust, and Transatlantic yachtswoman, died on November 9th 2004, aged 92. Helen was best known for her Transatlantic crossing in her boat Mary Helen, in 2000, when she …
Nancy Blackett will participate in the following events in 2005, subject to confirmation. Anyone who wishes to bid for skippering or crewing Nancy Blackett on any sailing events, or for sailing in between them, should …
The Nancy Blackett is due to be brought round to Woodbridge’s Tidemill Yacht Harbour on Saturday 16th October, where her moveable equipment will be unloaded prior to her liftout at Robertson’s boatyard on Monday 18th. …
The Nancy Blackett has a new jib and a new staysail, thanks to the generosity of members of the Nancy Blackett Trust, and others. The staysail is about 50% larger than the previous sail, which …
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Patron Ellen MacArthur is interviewed in the July/August 2004 edition of ‘E-Motion’, South West Trains’ passenger magazine. You can read the article here, or obtain the paper edition of the magazine …
The date of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM has been moved to Saturday 10 July. The venue is the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Suffolk. The change of date is in order to secure the …
The April issue of ‘Sailing Today’, the UK yachting magazine, carries a 4-page feature on Nancy Blackett’s 2003 voyage to Vlissingen and the Dutch classic boat rally at Hellevoetsluis. This was the recreation of ‘We …
