Nancy Blackett and her crew were back in Middelburg on Friday, at the end of a week when we visited and revisited favourite places, writes skipper Jon Millward. On Tuesday we arrived in Zierikzee…
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…
In today’s message (with more photos and a video) from Tony Clarke, Nancy Blackett had a varied voyage from Veere to Goes: “Monday – From Veere to Goes we had some motoring and some…
The original Lottie Blossom (now Ragged Robin III), owned by Arthur Ransome from 1951-52, is now for sale. A 6-ton, centre-cockpit Hillyard yacht, Ragged Robin is cutter-rigged, and has been restored…
The start of Nancy Blackett’s fifth week in Holland was on the wet side, as crewman Tony Clarke writes… “We ventured out of Middelburg in heavy drizzle up to the lock at Veere. and…
In Peter Willis’ final report from his week onboard Nancy Blackett, he writes… We’re on the train back to Hook of Holland and John Millward and his crew are now aboard Nancy…
Born in Woodbridge, Julia Jones has spent her life influenced by the people and places dotted along the shifting coastline between Lowestoft and the Blackwater. Her Strong Winds books – ostensibly for older children, but actually of equal appeal to adult readers – are both a homage to and a twenty-first century expression of the sense of exploration inherent in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series.
Peter Willis sheds some light on the most recent adventures of Nancy Blackett and her crew… Following Wednesday’s cracking sail on the Oosterschelde, we enjoyed a convivial drink with…
When I first posted an extract from ‘The Secrets of filming Swallows and Amazons’ on a literary website, someone wrote a review assuming it to be a novel…