Homeport   (Last Update 4/15/08)  
Event
Date Description/Location Contact

Exhibit

4/5-
10/15

“Messing About in Boats:Yachting on the Connecticut River”
Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT

860.767.8269
www.ctrivermuseum.org/

Exhibit

4/6-
6/1

“Along the Atlantic Seaboard”
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket, RI

401.769.9675
www.rihs.org/

Semi-Annual
Upkeep

4/14-4/28

U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum closed 4/14 thru 4/21
USS Nautilus (SSN 571) closed 4/14 thru 4/27
Museum and Historic Ship Nautilus, Groton, CT

800.343.0079
www.ussnautilus.org

 

Lecture

4/16

“Restoring Gloucester's Little River”
- Kathryn W. Leahy
7 pm,  Free
Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester, MA

978.281.8079
 www.schooner-adventure.org/

 

Course

4/16-
6/11

“Build a Model Banks Dory”
6 – 9 pm, $160
Lowell’s Boat Shop, Amesbury, MA

978.834.0050
 www.lowellsboatshop.com/

Family Event

4/16

Pirates Day
10 am - 4 pm
M $7 /person or $25 /family
NM $10 /person or $30 /family
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT

860.572.5339
www.mysticseaport.org

Lecture

4/17

“Slavery is Alive and Well and Picking Cocoa Beans” – Marcie Down
7 pm
New London Maritime Society, New London, CT

860.447.2501
www.nlmaritimesociety.org/i

Lecture

4/17

“Yachting on the Edge: An Insider's View of the America's Cup” – Tom Whidden
7 pm Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT

860.767.8269
www.ctrivermuseum.org/

Open House

4/19

Volunteer Open House
10 am – 12 noon
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center
33 William Street New Bedford

508.996.4095 ext. 105
emily_prigot@nps.gov

Lecture

4/22

“An Explosion in Short-Handed Offshore Sailing” - Brian Hancock
7:30 pm
IYRS Campus, Newport, RI

401.842.0669
www.iyrs.org/

 

Tour

4/23

“Behind Locked Doors: Insider Tours of Off-Limit Museum Treasures”  - Senior Curator Bill Peterson
12 Noon - 2:30 pm, M$35 /NM $40
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT

860.572.5315 or 888.973.2767
www.mysticseaport.org

 

Exhibit

4/26 –
6/15

“Modern Marine Masters”
Maritime Gallery
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT

860.572.5315 or 888.973.2767
www.mysticseaport.org

Canal Walk

4/26

Joint Middlesex Canal Association - Appalachian Mountain Club Spring Canal Walk
1:30 pm
Wilmington Town Park, Wilmington, MA.

781.861-7868 or 617.661.9230
www.middlesexcanal.org

Harbor Walk

4/30

Fort Point Channel HarborWalk
12 noon
Meet at the Macallen Building, Dorchester Avenue and Broadway, South Boston, MA

617.482.1722
mail@tbha.org
www.bostonharborwalk.com

Lecture

4/30

“The Happiest Man in the World” – Alec Wilkinson
5 pm, M$15/NM$18
Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT

860.572.5315 or 888.973.2767
www.mysticseaport.org