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 her journey to the Solent tomorrow. Heading there via Eastbourne and Brighton, she is expected to arrive in the Solent […]
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, so they decided to head for Ramsgate via the outer route. Towards the end, they spent three to four hours stemming wind […]
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 being for the windy conditions to continue until at least Wednesday, the plan is to take the inshore route via […]
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) […]
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 daughter of Bill Bentley, who owned Nancy between 1965 and 1988, it was an emotional reunion, writes Peter Willis. Growing up […]
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 speedy exit of the river Deben, before proceeding to Secret Water, visiting Kirby Creek, anchoring in Hamford Water overnight, and […]
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 all began with a phonecall about a fortnight before the shooting. “We’d like to film Nancy Blackett being launched,” said […]
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 […]
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 scenes on a chilly Good Friday. Peter Wilis and Matt Baker Photo: Claudia Myatt Filming Nancy Blackett Photo: Bryan Bonser […]
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