On Wednesday, Nancy Blackett and her now small crew departed from Gosport and set sail for Buckler's Hard, the former ship-building centre on the Beaulieu River, in the heart of the New Forest, spending the night there. Yesterday, she motored all the way back across the Solent to Hamble in the teeth of a north-easterly […]

Nancy Blackett and her crew arrived in Hamble at tea-time yesterday, accompanied by a some light rain, following a good sail across the Solent. Today she headed west again, this time berthing at the Royal Clarence Marina in Gosport. Plans for tomorrow include a voyage up the Beaulieu River.

Nancy Blackett spent last weekend at Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight for the annual Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival (YOGAFF), having sailed and motored there from Hamble on the Thursday. Bob Hull (skipper), Jenny Wedick (mate) and Barry Johnson were joined in Yarmouth by Jan Lingley. During Friday and Saturday Nancy welcomed more than 100 […]

Nancy Blackett and her crew have been kept fairly busy in the Solent during the past week. NBT member Rex Wade celebrated his birthday last Friday with a special trip across to the Folly Inn and back, and had a double treat with not one but two birthday cakes. Although there was beastly weather at […]

Over the past few days, following the previous change of crew, the Nancy Blackett left the Hamble and went across the Solent to the River Beaulieu, mooring on a buoy for the night, before moving on to Yarmouth for the next night, with a return to Newtown Creek, and then Cowes (mysteriously attracted to the […]

The Nancy Blackett had a short sail from Newtown Creek yesterday to Cowes and spent the night on a pontoon at the Folly. Good beer was enjoyed in the pub, and then the crew motored back to Southampton Water, having a brief but good sail before taking her up the Hamble to the Mercury Marina […]

The Nancy Blackett and her crew left Eastbourne on Friday and sailed to Brighton Marina. Leaving at 5:45AM on Saturday to catch the tide as far as possible, they motored across a glassy sea through the Looe Channel, but sailed the last part to Sparkes Marina in Chichester Harbour. On Sunday, they sailed to the […]

After a long day's sailing, Nancy Blackett has literally just tied up in Eastbourne Marina, mid-evening, with the crew more than ready for some rations, With the wind below that which was forecast, the 41-mile voyage took approximately two hours longer than expected, with Nancy only arriving at the marina lock at 8:05PM, and being […]