Longship Company Summer and Autumn Voyage Schedule

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Longship Company Summer and Autumn Voyage Schedule

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All voyages are now from the Calvert Marine Museum ( http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/ ). We enter through the back gate by the boat shop. Please call to confirm voyage; subject to change due to weather and other conditions. All times are for crew assembly.
Sept. 12; Sunday 12:00 - Voyage

Sept. 25; Saturday; Viking Day at Calvert Marine Museum- Reenactment, displays, lectures, whatever we can do that is safe and educational. Short voyages (maybe), blacksmithing, interpretation, etc.

Oct. 2; Saturday, 10:00 – Voyage

October 9 – 10, Sat. & Sun.; Patuxent River Appreciation Days ( http://www.pradinc.org/ ) – Skeleton crew needed to interpret the ship to hordes and herds of visitors! Too crowded to sail, but a great chance for interpretation and recruitment.

October 23-24 - Hastings 42 (Markland’s 41st anniversary) Battle reenactment and general good time held at Kings Landing Park ( http://www.calvertparks.org/Parks/Kings ... LPhome.htm ). Possible overnight voyages to sail the Sae Hrafn up and back. Possible afternoon and early evening voyage on weekend.

Nov. 6; Saturday, 10:00 – Photo voyage; with power boat as chase, tow and photography-boat.

Nov. 21; Sunday, 12:00 – Voyage (Autumn colors and cool weather for rowing and sailing; a delightful time of year.)

Dec. 4; Saturday, 10:00 final full voyage and downrigging for end of season and haulout.

December 6 – 18; row to Washburns’ Boatyard for haulout and trailer to winter quarters.
Retired civil servant, part time blacksmith, and seasonal Viking ship captain.

Visit parks: http://www.nps.gov
Forge iron: http://www.anvilfire.com
Go viking: http://www.longshipco.org

"Fifty years abaft the mast."
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Next Voyage: Sunday, September 12th. Crew assembly at noon.

Viking Day at Calvert Marine Museum: Saturday, September 25th, 10:00 to 5:00.

Lectures, demonstrations, blacksmithing; come in your Viking gear and help out or do you own demonstration in your area of expertise.
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