A panoramic video of Nancy Blackett and the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on the morning of Sunday 4th July 2017, while preparing for the Parade of Sail flotilla and her departure for the Netherlands… https://youtu.be/6aiRwNtPhow&rel=0
Watch High Water Mark perform a sea shanty at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club before the Parade of Sail flotilla on 4th June 2017:
A short update this evening on Nancy Blackett’s day from Skipper Bryan Davies: “A very pleasant sail round the Roompot today. Not that much wind but very pleasant nevertheless. In Colinsplaat for the night.”
Take the works of Arthur Ransome for inspiration, add over 200 children from eight local schools, a poet, a composer and the City of London Sinfonia and you have the “Shanties on the Shore” creative project – the results of which can be seen and heard in two concerts on Thursday 22nd June at Woolverstone […]
Nancy Blackett’s Dutch adventure continues! Just in from Skipper Bryan Davies: “Another perfect sailing day today! We left Wemeldinge, where they discounted our berthing (“because you have such a lovely old boat”) fairly early and sailed under the Zeelandbrugge into the Roompot. “We then did some general sailing around just for fun and then […]
Nancy Blackett’s continuing Dutch adventure had a distinctly land-based turn today, as Skipper Bryan Davies recounts… “Today was one of those frustrating go/no-go days. Force 5 winds with stronger gusts from our intended destination led us to decide that the prudent course was to stay in Wemeldinge. “The crew divided into two parties: the […]
As Nancy Blackett commences the second week of her Dutch canal adventure with a fresh crew, we received the following message earlier this evening from skipper Bryan Davies:
In case you missed it, here’s Ellen MacArthur’s message to the Nancy Blackett Trust that was presented last Saturday (3rd June) at the Trust’s 20th Anniversary AGM. In her message, Ellen said: “A short message to you all – to hope you have a wonderful time at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, and to wish […]
Nancy Blackett gleams in the morning sun in Goes, the Netherlands, while awaiting a new crew at today’s lunchtime changeover. Photo courtesy of Mate Robin Sadler.
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 […]
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