We look after Nancy Blackett, the favourite yacht of “Swallows and Amazons” author Arthur Ransome.
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Nancy Blackett back in commission
Over the May Bank Holiday weekend Trust members ‘recommissioned’ Nancy Blackett after her long winter lay-up and extensive restoration work, writes Peter Willis… Saturday saw a team of Trust members transfer everything moveable, including bunk ...
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A cluster of Nancy Blackett Anniversaries
Thirty years ago this month – on Easter Saturday 1996 (April 5th that year, as it happens) a small item in Signals, the Arthur Ransome Society’s newsletter, caught the eye of one of its members. ...
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Winter work on Nancy Blackett continues
The major refurbishment of Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett – now in its third winter – is continuing at Harry King’s Pin Mill boatyard. Currently work is focused on the interior of the bow area where ...
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The Nancy Blackett book that started it all
The Nancy Blackett book that started it all is Roger Wardale’s Nancy Blackett: Under Sail with Arthur Ransome, and you now the chance to buy one of two rare copies of it. Published in 1991, ...
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You can visit and sail the Nancy Blackett, once owned by Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome and the star of his novel We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, the seventh book of his Swallows and Amazons series, and probably his best sailing novel.
Nancy Blackett, lightly disguised in the book as the Goblin, was named after the “Amazon” pirate girl character who featured in Swallows and Amazons.
Nancy Blackett was Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht and is now owned by the Nancy Blackett Trust, preserving her as a living part of the Arthur Ransome heritage. Each year many Ransome fans enjoy the experience of sailing her, and many more visit her at maritime events.
Explore our website to find out more about Nancy Blackett’s history, how you can sail on her, help support her, and also discover more about the mission and work of the Nancy Blackett Trust.
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Header: Nancy Blackett on the River Orwell, 2011 (Photo: Peter Willis)
Above: Nancy Blackett at Pin Mill, 2017 (Photo: Bill Wallace-King)
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