Nancy Blackett’s Events for 2016
- All events and activities are subject to: acceptance of attendance/sufficient demand, favourable weather, crew availability, and final confirmation, as appropriate.
- To register your interest for participation in an event, or to check availability, please contact our Sailing Secretary.
- You can sail on Nancy Blackett if you have membership of the Trust.
- Members can see full event details on our members-only Google Calendar, using the access details they have received in the Trust’s newsletters.
Events List
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ||
| Late March – early April | Members’ working parties – boat preparation | Woodbridge |
| April 9th | Fitting-out, Members’ Dinner | Woodbridge |
| April 10-15th | Sea trials, skippers & mates familiarisation and delivery cruise | Woodbridge to Woolverstone |
| April (rest of month) | Members’ Sailing | Woodbridge |
| May (all month) | Members’ Sailing | Woolverstone |
| May 6-8th | Cruise in Company to a local port (TBC) | Woolverstone |
| May 11-12th | Books East Literary Pub Crawls | Ipswich |
| May 21st-22nd | RYA “Push the Boat Out” Open Days | Woolverstone |
| June (to 24th) | Members’ Sailing | Woolverstone |
| June 22nd-July 9th | Theatre: “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” (Eastern Angles) | Hush House, Bentwaters Parks |
| June 25th | Theatre: “Swallows and Amazons” (Cheshire East Youth Theatre) | Lyceum Theatre, Crewe |
| June 25-27th | OGA Swallows and Amazons Weekend | Woolverstone/Secret Water |
| July 2nd | Annual General Meeting, guest speaker, short sailing trips | RHYC, Woolverstone |
| July 13-17th | Theatre: “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” (Eastern Angles) | Nene Park, Peterborough |
| July 23rd | Film: “Swallows and Amazons” (1974) screening | Aldeburgh Cinema |
| July 29th-31st | OGA East Coast Race | Woolverstone/Brightlingsea |
| August 3rd-10th | Richard Wainwright’s Eastern Waters Cruise | Woolverstone |
| August 11-19th | Members’ Sailing | Woolverstone |
| August 19th | New “Swallows and Amazons” film released | (Cinemas TBC) |
| August 20-29th | Nancy Blackett Summer Cruise | Woolverstone/Blackwater |
| September 3rd-10th | Home Waters Cruise | Woolverstone |
| September 11-30th | Members’ Sailing – open for bids | Woolverstone |
| September 23rd | Book launch of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock | University of Buckingham |
| September 29th | Publication of “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” by Julian Lovelock | Lutterworth Press, Cambridge |
| October 10th-14th | Autumn Cruise | Woolverstone |
| October 15th | Liftout and Social Evening | Woodbridge |
Header image: Nancy Blackett at Woolverstone, May 2009. Credit: I. Jacobson.