Chainsaw sculptor Andy Levy has carved a tribute to much-loved children’s adventure “Swallows and Amazons” on Coniston Water’s eastern shore, spending ten days transforming a dead oak tree into a life-size sculpture of Captain Flint walking the plank… The self-taught 31-year-old was invited to create the piece by Jonathon and Shayla Batty, whose family home, […]
A sister Hillyard yacht of Nancy Blackett is for sale and could be yours for less than £3,000, but only until 21st April. A 7-ton Hillyard 28′ wooden cutter, the Fortuna III was built 1931 and is on the Hillyard Register. Unusually, for a larger Hillyard she is transom-sterned and was originally a mast head sloop. […]
A two-day conference to celebrate the Collingwood Archive and the year-long project to catalogue it will take place at Cardiff University at the end of April. The archive includes correspondence between Arthur Ransome and the Collingwoods. The Collingwood Archive William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932), a professional artist and professor of fine arts at the University of […]
A new stage version of “Swallows and Amazons” will be performed this summer in Chester, at both the Storyhouse and Grosvenor Open Air Theatres, reports Broadway World. Written by award-winning playwright Bryony Lavery, and directed by Katie Posner, “Swallows and Amazons” is Arthur Ransome’s 1930’s story of adventure and childhood. Alex Clifton, artistic director of Storyhouse, […]
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 […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust was at last Sunday’s busy “We Do Mean To Go To Sea” Conference at the Royal Hospital School, organised by the Woolverstone Project with the Cruising Association. Several Nancy Blackett Trust members took part in various capacities, including leading some of the workshops., while former Paralympic yachtswoman Hannah Stodel gave one of the […]
Collect our exclusive range of “Swallows and Amazons” wooden bookmarks and save with our 3-for-2 offer. Made by Scorch Wood, these bookmarks are hand-crafted in Suffolk and finished with non-toxic paints, stains and varnishes. There are designs representing each of the twelve “Swallows and Amazons” books, while Nancy Blackett also gets her own special bookmark. Our 3-for-2 […]
Winter work on Nancy Blackett is progressing well at Robertson’s yard in Woodbridge. Here is our Flickr photo album here taken earlier this week, including special guest Ragged Robin III.
Whether you want to celebrate “Swallows and Amazons”, or just prefer a warming cup of coffee in the morning, you can drink in style with our fabulous pair of fine bone china “Swallows and Amazons” beakers. They both have exquisite designs incorporating Arthur Ransome’s own illustrations from the “Swallows and Amazons” books, and are now […]
The January 2018 issue of Yachting World magazine published an article by Australian Arthur Ransome Society (AUSTARS) member Jon Tucker, telling the story of his sailing from Tasmania to the South Pole with two of his sons, in his eldest son’s yacht. New Zealander Jon has five sons, who grew up on the ketch that […]
Get hold of these RYA guides to going cruising, going sailing and going green and save with our special deals! This series of beautifully-illustrated guides are by our resident artist Claudia Myatt, and are a must for anyone wanting to get into sailing or refreshing their existing knowledge of all things marine. Go Cruising! is a guide for […]
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