Essential Information
| Type | Events and festivals |
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| Location |
Cutty Sark
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| Date and Times | Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July 2024 | 11am - 4pm |
| Prices | Included with entry to the ship |
| Free entry for Members. Not a member? Join now |
Climb on board Cutty Sark for a weekend of lifesaving with the RNLI!
To celebrate the RNLI's 200th anniversary we've teamed up with our local Tower crew to host a range of talks and activities centered around lifesaving at sea.
Watch demonstrations by crew, learn lifesaving skills, hear stories about the lifeboats on the deck of Cutty Sark, and see our shipwright in action.
While you're here you can also head over to our free exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Women of the RNLI, and discover the vital roles that women play in saving lives at sea.
See what's on below.
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Throw line training
Dry Berth | Saturday - Sunday | 11am - 4pm
Join our local Tower lifeboat crew to practise using throw lines and learn how you can safely help someone in the water.
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Crew kit timed challenge
Dry Berth | Saturday - Sunday | 11am - 4pm
Discover what it takes to be a RNLI crew member with timed kit challenges - every second counts!
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Gallery favourite talk: The Clipper Ship Hallowe’en
Tween Deck | Saturday - Sunday | From 11am on the hour until 4pm
In this talk, learn about the dramatic rescue of the owner of Cutty Sark John Willis’s ship Hallowe’en. Loaded with tea, she was wrecked off the South Devon coast and dramatically rescued by the brave crew of the RNLI Salcombe lifeboat, Alexandra.
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Get up close with Cutty Sark's lifesaving objects
Main Deck and Dry Berth | Saturday - Sunday | 11am - 4pm
Take a look at the lifesaving equipment that would have been used onboard Cutty Sark and discover more about how the lifeboats formed part of the ship's story.
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Oar and fender making
Main Deck | Saturday - Sunday | 11am - 4pm
See traditional skills being kept alive as our Cutty Sark shipwright makes oars for our lifeboat.
What’s On
More events at Cutty Sark.
Header image by Laura Lewis.
Body image credits: Life ring photo by Heather Wilde on Unsplash. RNLI crew on rescue photo by Rob Pumphrey on Unsplash.