Marooned by a gusty northerly wind one day, and suffering a lumpy sea the next, Nancy Blackett and her crew finally made it to Great Yarmouth, as mate Andy Morley resumes his tale… Tuesday 10th July 2018 Wednesday 11th July 2018
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett is in the Norfolk Broads for the first time in 20 years. Here’s the story of the first three days in words and photos from mate Andy Morley: Saturday 7th July 2018 Sunday 8th July 2018 Monday 9th July 2018
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett entered the Norfolk Broads on Saturday (7th July) for the first time in over 20 years, as part of her East Coast summer cruise. She passed through Oulton railway swing bridge and the lifting road bridge, and then Mutford Lock at about 11am to enter Oulton Broad. Then, with Japanese Ransome […]
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett was at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on 30th June for the 21st Annual General Meeting of the Nancy Blackett Trust. View our Flickr photo album here of the day.
Last weekend Nancy Blackett and crew embarked on an expedition to ‘Secret Water’ to coincide with the Old Gaffers Association’s Swallows and Amazons Weekend in the Walton Backwaters. Following an initial leg down the Orwell to Shotley Marina on Friday, Saturday morning saw a lengthy sail against the wind to Titchmarsh Marina near Walton-on-the-Naze, where […]
If you are a Swallows and Amazons fan then there are a number of events and activities across the UK this month to go to or participate in. This Saturday (9th June) you can visit Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht Nancy Blackett at Woolverstone Marina, near Ipswich in Suffolk, as part of their Marina Day – […]
This year, Nancy Blackett’s spring delivery trip (in March) from Woodbridge to Woolverstone started in snow and ended in sunshine, as our Flickr photo album here shows.
Nancy Blackett departs from Robertson’s, Woodbridge for Woolverstone for the start of her new season on 20th March 2018. She is now at her regular summer base at Woolverstone Marina. Photo: Peter Willis.
It has been a busy week for the Nancy Blackett Trust, with final preparations under way for the start of Nancy Blackett’s new season this weekend. Following all the necessary repairs and maintenance tasks over the winter period, last Monday saw anti-fouling being applied, while on Tuesday she was taken out of the shed at […]
To celebrate a multiple anniversary, Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett retraced his (and his fictional Goblin’s) wake across the North Sea to Flushing – and stayed to explore the local waterways, as told in this special article written by Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, which was featured in the October/November 2017 edition of “Classic […]
Following our successful 8-week visit to Holland last summer, for this New Year we’ve chosen to explore our very own East Coast with all of its fascinating rivers and creeks – all the way from Lowestoft and the Norfolk Broads down to Ramsgate, including the River Thames, up to the Pool of London, and the […]
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