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In photos: The Nancy Blackett Trust’s 20th Anniversary AGM

31st October 20208th June 2017

See our photos from the day of the Nancy Blackett Trust’s 20th Anniversary AGM, held on Saturday 3rd June 2017 at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. Click here to view our Flickr photo album.

The Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree round-up

26th May 201721st May 2017

Following last weekend’s hugely anticipated and popular Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree, here are some selected comments and photos of the event from the Nancy Blackett Trust’s social media communities. You can also read Sophie Neville’s …

In photos: The Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree

31st October 202020th May 2017

One week on from the hugely successful Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree, here are our photos of the event in our album on Flickr.

Arthur Ransome’s Selina King boat building photographs exhibition at Pin Mill

10th December 202511th May 2017

Nancy Blackett Trust’s exhibition project wins National Lottery support The Nancy Blackett Trust has received £8,300-plus from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its project to present Arthur Ransome’s own photos of the building of his yacht …

Nancy Blackett’s Last Sail of the Season

24th October 2016

Skipper John Smith recounts the final sail of Nancy Blackett’s 2016 season. We had planned on a local area cruise before entering the River Deben, but, with several days of strong easterlies, we were left …

Photo: Nancy Blackett after her season’s end

21st October 2016

[su_row][su_column size=”2/3″] [/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″]Nancy Blackett at rest in yesterday’s brilliant Autumn sunshine at Woodbridge, Suffolk, following last weekend’s end-of-season lift-out and social dinner. Photo: Neil Brooks. If you would like to help Nancy Blackett last …

Photos: Nancy Blackett’s August Cruise

31st October 202015th August 2016

Nicola Farr and Richard Wainwright tell the story of this year’s August Cruise. During her recent August cruise, Nancy Blackett and crew visited Aldeburgh Yacht Club’s Lapwing ‘World Championship’ event. The Lapwing is a 12ft …

Photos: Nancy Blackett, Woolverstone and Pin Mill

31st October 20206th July 2016

The Nancy Blackett Trust held its 20th Anniversary AGM on Saturday 2nd July at its traditional venue of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. During the day Nancy Blackett was available to members for short sailing …

Photos: Eastern Angles Cast Take to the Water on Nancy Blackett

31st October 202010th June 2016

The cast of Eastern Angles’ production of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took a few hours out of rehearsals on Thursday to literally learn the ropes. They visited the Nancy Blackett – Arthur …

We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea – Japanese Style!

11th May 2016

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 …

Nancy Blackett is safely home

31st October 202023rd April 2016

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 …

An Autumn Cruise (with photos)

31st October 202018th October 2015

At the beginning of October Nancy Blackett enjoyed her annual Autumn Cruise, the last of the season, which included a brief return to “Secret Water”, skipper John Smith writes. The crew had all arrived by …