Arthur Ransome's Boats

Arthur Ransome's Boats is dedicated to Arthur Ransome's boats, both real and fictional, and to the boats of others continuing in the tradition of AR's boats.

This section was inspired by, and has as its centerpiece, Stuart Wier's The Boats of Swallows and Amazons, recently moved to All Things Ransome with Stuart's permission. However, there's more to say in the Ransome boating world than Stuart did in his article, even with its additions, and it is unreasonable for him to try and update his article with content which is marginally relevant, but may detract from the original. Therefore, we have initiated this section. A key part of the section is Stuart Wier's original article; however, we encourage contributions from those with a new perspective on Ransome's own real or literary boats, or from those who have boats of their own which recall Ransome's boats.

Please Note: items marked by a "*" are also part of Stuart Wier's The Boats of Swallows and Amazons but are called out individually as they reference separate boats owned by Ransome enthusiasts.

Please send your contributions to Arthur Ransome's Boats.

Author or Owner	Title or Description
Wier, Stuart	The Boats of Swallows and Amazons

Wier, Stuart and Goltz, Andrew	Building a boat 'just like' the Swallow

The Nancy Blackett Trust	The Nancy Blackett Trust, founded in England in 1997, was formed to preserve, restore and maintain Arthur Ransome's favorite yacht, Nancy Blackett.

Smith, Magnus, and boden, Rob	The movie Swallow from the 1974 production of Swallows and Amazons

Field, Mike	Mike Field's Aileen Louisa*
Fothergill, Roger	A letter from the last known owner of Arthur Ransome's Swallow*
Gartside, Paul	Paul Gartside's Skylark*
Hill, Lionel	Lionel Hill's two Swallows*
Monkhouse, Laurence	Laurence Monkhouse's Hebe*
Thompson, Robert	Robert Thompson's Hirondelle
Wier, Stuart	Stuart Wier's Swallowtail*

The individual contributions are copyright to the authors, and are presented on All Things Ransome with their permission.

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