Today’s fresh update from skipper Richard Wainwright brings us nearly to the end of Nancy Blackett’s first week away from home, and all apparently had a great time. He writes: “Nancy is now safely moored in WV De Werf harbour in Goes, just to port of the entrance looking out and in front of Wild […]
See our photos from the day of Nancy Blackett’s Parade of Sail Flotilla, held to celebrate her departure for an 8-week voyage to the Dutch canals following the 20th Anniversary Nancy Blackett Trust AGM, on 4th June 2017. Click here to view our Flickr photo album.
The latest news from Nancy Blackett’s Dutch adventure: For today’s update skipper Richard Wainwright wrote: “Yesterday evening we dined royally with Wild Cat in the Veere yacht club. We have now just had a fantastic sail down from Veere nearly to the lock/ bridge from the Veerse Meer into the East Scheldt. Winds varying from 2 to […]
Nancy Blackett continued her Dutch adventures today, with the weather looking generally better for the rest of the week. The latest dispatches from skipper Richard Wainwright were received earlier this afternoon, and read: “Interesting meeting in Middelburg with a native of Scarborough who remembers seeing Nancy there about 30 years ago in very poor shape […]
The latest message that we received from skipper Richard Wainwright earlier today: “Nancy Blackett is now moored in the centre of Middelburg alongside Wildcat. We had a stormy passage down the canal with 40 knot gusting wind astern and 5 opening bridges to pass through. We found we could hold her almost stationary with reverse engine […]
Nancy Blackett safely completed her cross-Channel voyage earlier today (5th June), arriving at Vlissingen at 1PM BST after having sailed most of the way, in time for lunch with the Trust’s Chairman Roger Sturge. The dispatch received from skipper Richard Wainwright read: “We arrived safely in the outer harbour of Vlissingen at about 1pm BST […]
Two days of events beside and on the lovely River Orwell began with the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM and Summer Social on Saturday 3rd June, and continued on Sunday with a 40-boat flotilla marking Nancy Blackett’s commemorative departure for Holland, all held at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. This is a special year for Arthur […]
This coming weekend, June 3rd and 4th, sees the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM and Summer Social on the Saturday, and the flotilla send -off for Nancy Blackett’s commemorative trip to Holland on the Sunday. For the Saturday Summer Social, meal bookings are now closed, but members and guests are still welcome at the afternoon talks, […]
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Nancy Blackett Trust and Visit England’s Year of Literary Heroes, Pin Mill is hosting an Arthur Ransome Jamboree on Saturday 13th May. It’s part of a year-long celebration of Arthur Ransome’s links with the area, which will include a Parade of Sail headed by Nancy Blackett on 4th […]
Peter Willis, founder and president of the Nancy Blackett Trust, reflects on its 20th anniversary and the year in prospect… This new year, 2017, will not only see the 20th anniversary of the Nancy Blackett Trust, but it will also be 80 years since the publication of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea“, and […]
Visit England has declared 2017 the ‘Year of Literary Heroes’, highlighting anniversaries of great writers, including Arthur Ransome, who died 50 years ago in 1967 – and Suffolk’s Shotley Peninsula, which features in two of his books, and where his famous yacht Nancy Blackett is based, is joining in with gusto. Pin Mill, the peninsula’s […]
One of the most ubiquitous and widely recognised publications in south Suffolk is to feature our Nancy Blackett on the front of its 2017 edition. The Harwich Haven Authority’s Yachting Guide to Harwich Harbour and its rivers is widely distributed to yacht and sailing clubs, chandleries and all sorts of other places where sailors could […]
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