Celestial Navigation in the Age of Sail

Name: Celestial Navigation in the Age of Sail
Start: 2025-10-18T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-19T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, CT, United States, Connecticut 06355

Mystic Seaport Museum

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Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am

75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, CT, United States, Connecticut 06355

Date & Location

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am - Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 04:00 pm (EDT)

75 Greenmanville Ave, Connecticut 06355

75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, CT 06355-1946, United States

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Celestial Navigation in the Age of Sail

Step back to the Age of Sail to experience the tried and true methods of historical celestial navigation. Learn to use and adjust sextants, “shoot the sun,” and apply 19th-century pencil-and-paper calculations—taught by Frank Reed, expert navigator and consultant on the Endurance discovery.

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75 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, CT, United States, Connecticut 06355

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Celestial Navigation in the Age of Sail

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 am