Nancy Blackett made her delivery voyage of her 90th Anniversary season yesterday (1st May), braving a cold May Day with rain and hail to sail from Woodbridge to Woolverstone, arriving at 7:30pm. Robin Sadler recorded her leaving the River Deben in the short video below:
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, was launched for her 90th Anniversary season earlier today at Robertsons Boatyard in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Claudia Myatt, Sue Coales and Peter Willis were on hand to record the occasion, and more stories of the event will follow… Music bunting and cake were pictured by Peter Willis. The cake was […]
On Wednesday Nancy Blackett was taken out of the shed at Robertsons in Woodbridge, and put in the mobile slings. Boat manager Neil Brooks captured the moment in the brilliant early April sunshine, and later, so did our resident artist Claudia Myatt…
Woodbridge – Nancy Blackett’s winter home – has been named as the best place to live in the East of England by The Sunday Times in its newly-published Best Places to Live Guide – and the Shotley Peninsula, Nancy’s summer base, also features in the list. Woodbridge, described as “arty, creative and historic” contains several […]
Work on Nancy Blackett’s winter refurbishment continues with both varnish and an experimental coating having been applied to different parts of her. Neil Brooks, volunteer boat manager and a Trustee of the Nancy Blackett Trust, took her fore-hatch cover home to give it a much-needed protective coating, using, as an experiment, Woodskin rather than conventional […]
Last Thursday a small team of Trust members helped prepare Nancy Blackett’s end-of-season laying up at Robertson’s in Woodbridge. Contents of the cabin, along with the liferaft and other equipment were removed and packed away for the winter, and the sails were stripped in readiness for the haul-out, which took place on the Friday. Neil […]
The classic TV documentary A Voyage with Nancy Blackett is back in the Nancy Blackett Shop, now as a DVD – but supplies are strictly limited. The half-hour programme was made for Anglia TV in 1992 and features Nancy Blackett sailing on the River Orwell and the Walton Backwaters, with commentary from Christina Hardyment, Roger […]
Nancy Blackett completed a successful delivery trip to her winter home at Woodbridge on Sunday morning. She departed from Woolverstone at 7:30am with a crew of two onboard, arriving at lunchtime at Woodbridge, being met by a welcome group of some Trust members. Some photos of the day are below…
Although Nancy Blackett has now returned to her summer base at Woolverstone Marina, we are still restricted by Social Distancing regulations about the use that we can make of her. Her return from her winter base at Woodbridge on 10th July was only made possible by the skipper and mate being of the same family […]
Nancy Blackett successfully returned to Woolverstone Marina yesterday, courtesy of skipper Robin Sadler and his daughter. Following some intense preparations behind the scenes from other Trust volunteers, they set sail from Woodbridge yesterday at 1445 in fair conditions, arriving at Woolverstone at 1945. Robin has kindly supplied the following photos of the trip…
John Smith has kindly posted the photo below of Nancy Blackett in the Woodbridge Tidemill Yacht Harbour on 3rd July 2020, while awaiting suitable conditions for a late start to the sailing season.
Nancy Blackett has at last been relaunched, and is currently moored at Robertson’s boatyard where she will be allowed time to ‘take up’ as planks adjust after months of drying out – lately in very hot weather – ashore, which has resulted in some small leaks in the hull. Peter Willis and Neil Brooks have […]
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