Posted by Jock on July 10, 2025 at 09:44:20 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Dave Thewlis RIP posted by Alan Hakim on July 06, 2025 at 08:56:08:
There was a connection between Arthur Ransome and the Isle of WightÑand it very nearly proved fatal.
In September 1935, Ransome purchased the Electron, which he promptly renamed Nancy Blackett. He set out to sail her with one crew member from Poole to Pin Mill. After spending the first night moored off Brownsea Island, they continued towards the Isle of Wight, sailing directly into the teeth of a violent storm. At one point, the tide threatened to sweep them onto the dangerous shallows off the Needles.
Ransome managed to navigate safely into Yarmouth HarbourÑonly to face another hazard: a large motor cruiser moored to the same buoys they were using, rolling and surging in the gale and threatening to smash into their hull during the stormy night.
That episodeÑand many othersÑis vividly retold in Roger WardaleÕs excellent book, Nancy Blackett: Under Sail with Arthur Ransome, which I thoroughly recommend.
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