Festival of the Sea 2017, “High-Tech on the High Seas”

Upgrade your maritime culture database with a full day’s download of family activities and traditional sea music. Come for children’s crafts, an art show featuring local artists inspired by their work at sea, rigging, caulking, ropemaking, and a chance to raise and lower a dory. Enjoy a slate of local and internationally renowned traditional music acts performing on three stages. Or join a panel of experts for a lively discussion about the nature of maritime technology, its sociological consequences, and its enduring relevance aboard the 1895 schooner C.A. Thayer (reservations to [email protected] required)!