You can now view photos of Nancy Blackett’s passage home from the Solent to Suffolk last month in the gallery below. Click on a photo to view full-size in a lightbox carousel.

Skipper Bob Page reports on an eventful week that saw Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, doing a lot of sailing around the Solent and receiving visitors at the Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta… Last week was a good, although a very varied, week with winds ranging from none at all up to force 5-6, mainly from […]

Members of the Nancy Blackett Trust enjoyed last week sailing around the Solent on Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, culminating in attending the Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta on the Isle of Wight. Mate Jeremy Norman described the week as “amazing” and has kindly shared the photos below… If you would like the opportunity to sail […]

Nancy Blackett and crew have been spending an enjoyable week cruising in the Solent, and even travelling as far as Poole. Skipper Clive Fisher has kindly posted some photos of the highlights below. To see the original photos click on the relevant Facebook icons [f].

Last Saturday saw the completion of Nancy Blackett’s fitting-out following her winter refit work at Robertson’s Boatyard in Woodbridge. She had already been moved to the Tidemill Yacht Harbour, and a team of volunteers set to work to put aboard all the equipment, books, manuals, charts, bunk cushions and so on that had been stored […]