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Flushed with success

20th July 201120th July 2011

Nancy Blackett made it to Flushing (aka Vlissingen) in just under 24 hours, arriving at 3.15am today (Wednesday), having cast off at 3.30 the previous night. Skipper Bryan Bonser reports an uneventful passage, with very …

Swallow and Nancy Blackett in action on the Orwell

20th September 201319th July 2011

New photos of the Nancy Blackett and the movie Swallow in action on the River Orwell at Woolverstone, Suffolk, on 16th July 2011, after our 14th AGM. The album and slideshow may be seen here.

Swallow versus Nancy Blackett

20th September 201319th July 2011

Some new photos of the movie Swallow in pursuit of the Nancy Blackett on the Orwell at Woolverstone after our 14th AGM. Thanks to the prevailing weather, Swallow frequently showed a considerable turn of speed. …

Now for Holland!

19th July 201119th July 2011

Nancy Blackett's voyage to Vlissingen in Holland, 75 years after Ransome's own trip, was delayed by 36 hours by both weather conditions, and the discovery on Sunday morning that a bolt holding the alternator to …

Our AGM – two of everything!

18th July 2011

It was an event to befit the celebration of an 80th birthday – Nancy’s. The Nancy Blackett Trust’s 14th AGM on Saturday seemed to go in for two of everything: two guest boats in attendance …

Nancy Blackett Starts Her New Season

17th April 201117th April 2011

The Nancy Blackett departed from Woodbridge late this morning, on her first trip of the 2011 season to Woolverstone, with Sarah Peay skippering. The weekend had seen her annual fitting-out, culminating in the fitting-out dinner …

Nancy: Happy 80th Birthday!

29th March 201129th March 2011

Yes – the Nancy Blackett is eighty years old this year! Born in 1931 at Hillyards boatyard in Littlehampton, Sussex, she was first registered as a British Ship, under her original name Spindrift, on 30th …

Round the Island Race on TV

26th October 201410th November 2010

The Round the Island Race, in which Nancy Blackett participated this summer, is the subject of a forthcoming two-part series on Channel 4, called "Britain's Favourite Yacht Race". Both episodes will be broadcast on Saturday …

Open day this weekend

22nd September 201021st September 2010

Nancy Blackett will be on display this Saturday, 25th September at Woolverstone Marina – come and see Arthur Ransome’s Goblin, step aboard, look around and find out about opportunities for sailing aboard her. Everyone is …

She DID mean to go to sea

12th February 201920th September 2010

Young fan’s ‘pier-head jump’ aboard Nancy Blackett. Nancy Blackett’s return voyage form the Maritime Woodbridge festival turned into an adventure reminiscent of Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go To Sea”, when a young American …

Nancy Blackett in the FT: Swallows and Amazons Revisited

21st December 20259th August 2010

Nancy Blackett was featured in Saturday's Financial Times, in an article by journalist, author and sailor Richard Donkin, who recently experienced the joys of sailing her on the River Orwell, in the company of skippers …

Grounded! Nancy’s night on a mudbank – dramatic photo

13th July 201012th July 2010

Nancy Blackett spent a large part of last weekend aground after inadvertently encountering a mudbank in the River Alde, near Iken. She was on her way to Snape Maltings, and missed a channel withy close …