The summer sun shone warmly on the Nancy Blackett Trust’s 2013 AGM and Summer Social yesterday, as a cooling breeze allowed a few lucky groups of the Trust’s members to enjoy some memorable trips down the River Orwell onboard the Nancy Blackett. There was an extended break in the afternoon to allow everyone to enjoy the […]
Our latest Flickr gallery shows the Nancy Blackett and her crew sailing in the Solent on her way to the 2013 Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival, courtesy of the crew the Harbinger, an old gaffer that was accompanying Nancy to the festival…
Nancy Blackett is on the front cover of this month's "Cruising," the magazine of the Cruising Association. The photograph was taken by Gill Moon on a recent trip down the River Orwell, with Skipper Bryan Bonser is waving from the cockpit, and John Benford on the foredeck. The issue contains a feature on Arthur Ransome and […]
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.
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 Hard to Lymington. Sophie had been speaking at the Arthur Ransome Society's IAGM, and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the […]
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 the warm spring sunshine continues to shine over a unusually fine bank holiday weekend, Nancy Blackett is making her way […]
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. While Nancy Blackett was receiving visitors at the adjacent marina, Sailing Swallow co-founder Magnus Smith was on hand to take […]
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 Blackett’s first outing this year for the benefit of her members. The family (two boys, one having his 11th birthday) […]
We now have a gallery of screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile last Sunday. See the photoset on Flickr.
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 type which Nancy Blackett Trust chairman Peter Willis was shown handing to presenter Matt Baker – and which are available in the […]
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 Go to Sea”, the seventh book in his “Swallows and Amazons” series, and in which Nancy appeared as Goblin, and joining Nancy’s […]
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 Woodbridge on a chilly and snowy Good Friday. Nancy Blackett in the snow (Photo: Bryan Bonser) Capturing the camera […]
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