Sarah Brandon, née Bentley, grew up on Nancy Blackett. During Nancy Blackett’s fitting-out weekend earlier this month, she revisited the boat of her childhood after a gap of over 25 years. For Sarah, the elder daughter of Bill Bentley, who owned Nancy between 1965 and 1988, it was an emotional reunion, writes Peter Willis. Growing up […]
Nancy Blackett is now back in her Woolverstone marina home berth, after having spent the last week in Woodbridge due to unfavourable winds. She left Woodbridge with the tide on Saturday morning and made a speedy exit of the river Deben, before proceeding to Secret Water, visiting Kirby Creek, anchoring in Hamford Water overnight, and […]
Skip to video compilation Well, I think Countryfile did us proud, writes NBT chairman Peter Willis. Ten minutes’ airtime is good going, even if it did take most of the day to capture it. It all began with a phonecall about a fortnight before the shooting. “We’d like to film Nancy Blackett being launched,” said […]
We now have a gallery of screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile last Sunday. See the photoset on Flickr.
Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile programme yesterday sparked an immediate avalanche of hits on our website, even before the programme had ended. This included a huge upsurge in demand for enamel badges of the type which Nancy Blackett Trust chairman Peter Willis was shown handing to presenter Matt Baker – and which are available in the […]
There is now less than a day to go before you can see Nancy Blackett featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme. Presenter Matt Baker will be tracing the story Arthur Ransome and “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, the seventh book in his “Swallows and Amazons” series, and in which Nancy appeared as Goblin, and joining Nancy’s […]
Before we see the start of Nancy Blackett's new season featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April at 7pm on BBC1, here are some more photos showing what was going on behind the scenes in Woodbridge on a chilly and snowy Good Friday. Nancy Blackett in the snow (Photo: Bryan Bonser) Capturing the camera […]
While we are waiting to see the start of Nancy Blackett’s new season featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April at 7pm on BBC1, here are some photos showing what was going on behind the scenes on a chilly Good Friday. Peter Wilis and Matt Baker Photo: Claudia Myatt Filming Nancy Blackett Photo: Bryan Bonser […]
The start of Nancy Blackett's new season will be featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April (7pm, BBC1). Nancy Blackett's relaunch for the start of the 2013 season was filmed on a chilly Good Friday at Robertson's Boatyard in Woodbridge, Suffolk, including a short sail on the River Deben amongst some unseasonal […]
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett is rated in the Top 200 classic boats of all time, as compiled by Classic Boat magazine and now posted on its website. Nancy is number 78 in the listing, which was put together for Classic Boat’s 200th issue. She comes between two of Ransome’s other boats: Selina King (no. 45) […]
Shooting starts this summer on the new film of "Swallows and Amazons", and the producers are now looking for boys and girls aged 6-13 to cast the parts of the Swallows – John, Susan, Titty and Roger – and the Amazons – Nancy and Peggy Blackett. No previous acting experience is necessary, and no specific […]
Nancy Blackett's sailing programme for this summer is now available online, and bookings are now open. The programme includes: an early-season passage to the Solent, to cover the Arthur Ransome Society's IAGM at Buckler's Hard (24th – 26th May), and the Old Gaffers Yarmouth (IoW) Festival, aka YOGAFF (31st May – 1st June), with plenty […]
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