Mystic Seaport Tours - Saturday, Nov 3rd

TWO TOURS AND AN ALL DAY PASS FOR JUST $30!

Tour beautiful Mystic Seaport and Earn CEU's. Learn how New England trees support ship building and the long history behind those ropes you work with every day. One fee gets you into both tours! Included with each registration is a one day, full access pass to all of Mystic Seaport's exhibits and grounds (a $30 value). 2 CEUs

10:30-11:30am Restoring the Past with Resources from the Present

Witness the art of wooden shipbuilding in the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard with resources from Native New England Trees, an awe-inspiring opportunity to watch skilled craftspeople perform skills made nearly extinct by steel and fiberglass. 

1:30-2:30pm The History of Rope Making - History, Hemp, and Hackles

The three main steps in the production of rope are illustrated here with the equipment that did the work. Natural fibers are first spun into yarn; many yarns are twisted together to form a strand; and then three strands are twisted together in the opposite direction to form rope. Get a first-hand look at the process. 

 

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