Permanent Events and Attractions

Events for 2025

All events and activities listed below are subject to confirmation.
See “Notes and information” below for further details.

  • Events List
  • Notes and Information
  • 14th May / Season launch / Woolverstone
  • 21st June / AGM and Summer Social / RHYC, Woolverstone
  • 27-29th June / Swamazons Weekend / Walton Backwaters
  • 17th-21st July / Heybridge Basin / Heybridge
  • 26th July – 8th August / OGA East Summer Cruise / Woolverstone-Wells
  • 8th September / Nancy Blackett Day
  • 13-14th September / Nancy Blackett Trust exhibit at the IMT Heritage Open Days / Ipswich Docks, Suffolk
  • 13-14th September / Nancy Blackett at the Classic Boat Festival / Queenborough, Sheppey
  • 18-19th October / Laying-up / Woolverstone
  • 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.

Header image: Nancy Blackett at Woolverstone, May 2009. Credit: I. Jacobson.