The Nancy Blackett Trust

<BODY BACKGROUND="images/nbttile.gif" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE WIDTH="580" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV class=s15> <FONT COLOR=#000080><B></B><B>NANCY BLACKETT: Home </B></FONT></DIV> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000080> <DIV class=s1> <IMG SRC="images/spacer1px.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=4 HEIGHT=1 ></DIV> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV class=s20> <FONT SIZE=-1 FACE="Arial"><A class=s20 TARGET=_self HREF="nbt-000008.htm">Latest NBT News: 08 Feb 2005 - Nancy Blackett congratulates its patron Ellen MacArthur</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s20> <FONT SIZE=-1 FACE="Arial"><A class=s20 HREF="http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Ellen+MacArthur" TARGET=_new >Latest Ellen MacArthur International Headlines...</A> | <A class=s20 HREF="http://www.teamellen.com/ellen.asp?artid=100" TARGET=_new >Latest Team Ellen News...</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4> <FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial"> <br> </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE WIDTH="580" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=365 VALIGN=TOP > <DIV class=s2> <FONT SIZE=+0></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0><B>Nancy Blackett</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0> is the boat owned by Arthur Ransome, author of the “</FONT><FONT SIZE=+0><I>Swallows and Amazons”</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0> books. He named her after his favourite character, and he put her in his book “</FONT><FONT SIZE=+0><I>We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0>, as the </FONT><FONT SIZE=+0><I>Goblin</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0>, the boat in which four children sail across the North Sea to Holland. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <FONT SIZE=+0> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <FONT SIZE=+0>Recently rescued and restored, </FONT><FONT SIZE=+0><I>Nancy Blackett</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0> is now preserved and maintained by </FONT><FONT SIZE=+0><B>The Nancy Blackett Trust</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0>, as a beautiful and important part of our literary and maritime heritage, and with the aims of inspiring interest in Arthur Ransome and his books, and encouraging young people to enjoy sailing. She is regularly on show at maritime festivals, and sails hundreds of miles each year, crewed by Trust members.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <FONT SIZE=+0> </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <FONT SIZE=+0>To find out more about the </FONT><FONT SIZE=+0><I>Nancy Blackett</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=+0>, and how you can become involved with her, please look around this site. </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <FONT SIZE=+0> <br> </FONT></DIV> </TD> <TD WIDTH=215 VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=right class=s1 style='text-align: right;'> <IMG SRC="images/Nancy Orwell 200x296.JPG" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Nancy on the River Orwell" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=296 > </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=right class=s19> <FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial"></FONT><FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial"><I>Nancy Blackett</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial"> on the River Orwell </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE WIDTH="580" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000080> <DIV class=s1> <IMG SRC="images/spacer1px.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=4 HEIGHT=1 ></DIV> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP > <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4> <FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4> <FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial">©2002-2004 <A class=s4 HREF="http://www.nancyblackett.org/">The Nancy Blackett Trust</A>. All rights reserved. </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4> <FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4> <FONT SIZE=-2 FACE="Arial"><font size=1 color=white> <a target="_top" href="http://t.extreme-dm.com/?login=nblacket"> <img src="http://t1.extreme-dm.com/i.gif" height=38 border=0 width=41 alt=""></a><script language="javascript1.2"> </script><script language="javascript"> </script><noscript><img height=1 width=1 alt="" src="http://t0.extreme-dm.com/c.g?tag=nblacket&j=n"></noscript> </font> </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s0 style='text-align: center;'>  </DIV>