Dispatches from Southwold
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary, John Smith, updates us on the last leg Nancy’s homeward voyage… “I checked Nancy Blackett out yesterday after our engineer left…
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Dispatches from Lowestoft
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis and Chairman Roger Sturge spent a fairly ‘interesting but ultimately frustrating’ Saturday afternoon at the Royal Norfolk and…
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Sailing the Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters – part two
Nancy Blackett, the 28 foot cutter Arthur Ransome bought with Spainish gold, as he called his royalties from ‘Swallows and Amazons’ is an old lady now. Built by Hillyards of Littlehampton in 1931, she turns 85 this year and yet…
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Lowestoft Lifeboat called in after engine failure on historic yacht favoured by Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome
A historic yacht reputed to be favourite of “Swallows and Amazons” author Arthur Ransome has been rescued by a Lowestoft crew after her engine failed off the Suffolk coast…
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Nancy Blackett Returns… To Lowestoft
Nancy Blackett is now in Lowestoft, having left Vlissingen early yesterday morning to avoid the worst of the forecast winds. Unfortunately the engine kept stopping and then stayed stopped, so she was…
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Nancy Blackett in “Country Life”: We Did Mean to Go to Sea
You can now read the Nancy Blackett feature article from Country Life magazine (July 12th, 2017) by: clicking on the images below – each one opens in a new tab or window, then click again on…
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Pack up the family and set sail for a British classic: A maritime adventure in Suffolk
It’s depicted in one of Arthur Ransome’s later Swallows And Amazons books — and this year is the 50th anniversary of the writer’s death. We meet Gary, a retired engineer, at Shotley Pier, which is rotting slowly into the river. Ambitious locals want …
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Dispatches from Goes
Rod Webb reports on Nancy Blackett’s progress during her final week in Zeeland… We went to Yerseke yesterday and are now in Goes. We’re having a good time but we’re keeping…
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Nancy Blackett starts her final week in Holland
The new crew, Dave Hart, Adam Pentelow and I had all reached Nancy Blackett in Middelburg, and joined Paul Wray on…