# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Makers of the Waves - Women in Shipbuilding, past and present.
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 01:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Celebrate International Women’s Day with an inspiring session celebrating Women in Shipbuilding, past and present. This drop-in family experience invites visitors of all ages to meet the women whose expertise, creativity and problem-solving skills are essential to conserving HMS Victory for future generations.

On Victory Live: Big Repair, expert shipwrights and riggers will demonstrate traditional and modern techniques used in maritime conservation. Get hands-on with caulking and discover how this vital craft seals wooden seams, protecting ships at sea. Meet the rigging team to explore rope techniques and see how mechanical pulley systems make it possible to lift and move enormous structures safely and efficiently.

Then in Victory Gallery, families can take part in additional creative activities inspired by the same skills. Design your own ship, experimenting with shape, structure and purpose, and try your hand at rope making to understand how strength, twist and tension are key to life at sea.

Victory Live: Big Repair timetable:

Victory Live Talk with Betzy Shell: 11am-11:15am and 1:00-1:15pm
Drop-in Caulking Demo: 11am – 1.30pm
Drop in Rope techniques and Manual Pulley Demo: 11am – 1.30pm
 
Victory Gallery timetable:
Drop-in creative activities from 11am-2:00pm

Suitable for all ages, children must be accompanied at all times.

Free with a valid attraction ticket.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portsmouth/makers-of-the-waves-women-in-shipbuilding-past-and-present/200029765331409
- **Event Categories**: international-womens-day
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 31

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029765331409?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=portsmouth-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Portsmouth
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
- **lat**: 50.799394954979
- **long**: -1.1077925283479
- **full address**: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (https://allevents.in/org/portsmouth-historic-dockyard/1381599)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** international-womens-day
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Makers of the Waves - Women in Shipbuilding, past and present. ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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