At the end of her penultimate week in Zeeland, skipper John Dixon reveals how Nancy Blackett once again worked her magic… On Thursday we awoke to torrential rain. With a force 7 gale forecast… Continue reading The Magic of Sailing Nancy Blackett
In the latest update from Nancy Blackett, Barry Goldbourne writes… On a sunny Wednesday we got underway early from lovely Zierikzee in an easterly force 4 wind. We motored backwards under the… Continue reading Nancy Blackett’s dispatch from Yerseke
Nancy Blackett’s penultimate week in Holland got off to a leisurely start, writes skipper Barry Goldbourne… Our new crew took over a great-looking Nancy Blackett at midday on Saturday,… Continue reading Nancy Blackett’s penultimate Dutch week so far…
For the last time this week, Nancy Blackett’s current crew waved a tearful goodbye to Veere’s excellent croissant shop, writes Nick Ardagh-Walter… The croissant shop is set amongst… Continue reading Nancy Blackett: Farewell to Veere, Motoring to Middelburg
Wednesday got off to a sodden start for Nancy Blackett and her crew, as Nick Ardagh-Walter reveals… There was solid, heavy rain for about 16 hours, throughout the night and morning, together… Continue reading Nancy Blackett and the Deluge
Nancy Blackett and her new crew have had a busy sixth week in Zeeland so far, as new crewman Nick Ardagh-Walter writes. The new crew arrived in Middelburg on Saturday morning and joined sitting… Continue reading A sixth week of Zeeland adventures with Nancy Blackett
With 2017 marking the 80th anniversary of the publication of “We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea” and the 50th anniversary of Ransome’s death, the village of Pin Mill in Suffolk held the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree which took place on 13 May, during the Push the Boat Out event… Continue reading Neptune Sailing Help With Pin Mill Arthur Ransome Celebrations
Journalist Octavia Pollock from “Country Life” magazine recently spent some time aboard Nancy Blackett and around Pin Mill, during the weekend of the Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree in… Continue reading Nancy Blackett is featured in Country Life magazine
This summer, I grabbed the chance to sail Arthur Ransome’s favourite little ship, the Nancy Blackett. If you recognise her it might be because she was his model for the Goblin in ‘We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea‘. Although … Continue reading Sailing the Nancy Blackett in the Netherlands