Video: High Water Mark perform a shanty before the Parade of Sail
Watch High Water Mark perform a sea shanty at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club before the Parade of Sail flotilla on 4th June 2017:
Author: Swallows and Amazons
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Film review: Swallows and Amazons is an old-fashioned adventure for children
Author Arthur Ransome’s classic 1930 children’s adventure yarn – which has already spawned successful film, radio, stage and television adaptations – gets another outing on the big screen. Thankfully, this latest version does not try to drag the quaint …
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Signals from Zeeland
For our mid-week round-up of the fourth week of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch adventure, we received the following missive from Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust: “It was too…
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Outdoor adventurers ready to rise to Great Lake District Swim Challenge
“Coniston is special because we swim to Peel island which was used as the setting for Wild Cat Island in the film Swallows and Amazons . We finish of with Ullswater where we rock jump from a peninsula. It is all good fun.”
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After the Storm, the Sailors’ Return
For our final Nancy Blackett dispatch this week, able-seaman Sophie Neville writes: “This morning all was quiet in Zeeland, where the thunder, lightning and high winds had passed. “All..
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A Fair Wind to Wolphaartsdijk
Nancy Blackett and her crew were able to do some sailing today, as skipper Ian McGlynn recounts: “We had a good sail today from Wemeldinge to the Zandkreeksluis, and then to Wolphaartsdijk,…
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More Zeeland Life
Is Nancy Blackett’s crew whistling for a wind? Skipper Ian McGlynn writes: “We had no wind this afternoon, but spent a pleasant morning exploring Zierikzee. We are now in Wemeldinge after…
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Watch Ellen MacArthur’s 20th Anniversary Message to the Nancy Blackett Trust
In case you missed it, here’s is Ellen MacArthur’s message to the Nancy Blackett Trust that was presented last Saturday (3rd June) at the Trust’s 20th Anniversary AGM. In her…
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Island Life in Zierikzee
Nancy Blackett and her crew arrived at Zierikzee on Schouwen-Duiveland this afternoon, as skipper Ian McGlynn writes: “We arrived in Zierikzee this afternoon. All is well but it is very hot…