The Nancy Blackett has started the 2007 season with a voyage to the Solent, in time for her appearance at the Arthur Ransome Society AGM from May 25th to 28th. Nancy arrived in Ramsgate Harbour …
South Coast members of the Nancy Blackett Trust will have a major chance to sail on Nancy Blackett in their local waters in late May and early June, when we attend the TARS International AGM at …
A trip on Nancy Blackett, August 5th to 12th 2006, by Margaret Richards. Sitting at home, looking at my road atlas, it all looked very simple… August 5th: We started at Woolverstone and moved a …
Not all who sail the Nancy Blackett are experienced – newcomers to sailing as well as newcomers to Nancy are always welcomed and catered for. All that is needed is to be a member of the …
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett sailed into the Dutch port of Vlissingen (Flushing) on the morning of 7 June, seventy years, almost to the day, after the author himself completed the same voyage in the same …
Ship’s Boy Mark Jacobson joins Nancy Blackett on an expedition to Secret Water. On many occasions Nancy has met with Privateers. Not that this has been in any way a problem to her: although boarded …
Nancy Blackett has finally returned home following her epic Summer voyage along the south coast of England. Along the way she revisited her birthplace, Hillyards of Littlehampton, for the first time, participated in the International …
Nancy Blackett’s epic summer voyage along the South Coast is under way, as one of the highlights of what is turning out to be a very special year, following the record-breaking circumnavigation by patron Ellen …
The Nancy Blackett is due to be brought round to Woodbridge’s Tidemill Yacht Harbour on Saturday 16th October, where her moveable equipment will be unloaded prior to her liftout at Robertson’s boatyard on Monday 18th. …
The Nancy Blackett has a new jib and a new staysail, thanks to the generosity of members of the Nancy Blackett Trust, and others. The staysail is about 50% larger than the previous sail, which …
The April issue of ‘Sailing Today’, the UK yachting magazine, carries a 4-page feature on Nancy Blackett’s 2003 voyage to Vlissingen and the Dutch classic boat rally at Hellevoetsluis. This was the recreation of ‘We …
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