Join our e-mailing list for e-news here.. IN OUR E-NEWSLETTERS YOU WILL DISCOVER: Progress: We have now achieved our first aim: to secure a community-owned multi-purpose boat shed on the old Whisstocks site. You can find out what will happen next – the news will come thick and fast now that WRT has possession of…
The Longshed is closed to the public following guidance on reducing the spread of the Covid 19 virus. We aren’t able to keep running practical projects but we are looking at ways of keeping things going using digital media for talks, sharing information and research. We will let you know what’s going on through the…
Maritime Film Festival – January 2020 Sailors are used to getting windswept, wet and cold, but even we sometimes draw the line at doing this in mid-winter and can be reluctant to venture outside in the midst of winter gales. So what better than watching other doing it on film? To enable sailors to get…
The Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company seasonal greetings cards will be on sale in the Longshed from Tuesday 10 December. Two designs will be available for £5 for 10 (cash only). Please call in on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday between 11.00 and 13.00 if you would like to buy a set. Or why not…
“Going with the Flow – tides and the Deben Estuary” is already a huge success. Over 400 people visited the exhibition in the first two days. More talks, an exhibition and other activities, including special events for children, will be on in the Longshed from 10.00-16.00 every day until Sunday 27th October. The full programme…
Come and watch the workers….on 9 October the Longshed will be a hive of activity – even more than usual when the volunteer shipbuilders are hard at work. The Longshed will be open from 10.00-16.00. Damian Goodburn – a leading expert in medieval oak and shipbuilding – is carrying out another training day, including hewing…