[Classifieds] [classifieds] Workshop by Capt. Stephen Wagner: How to tie a monkey's fist and other knots, and their history

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EVENT: Workshop by Capt. Stephen Wagner: How to Tie a Monkey’s Fist & other Knots, and Their History 


DATE: Thursday, March 11 

TIME: 7 pm 

PLACE: Woods Hole Library (lower level) , 581 Woods Hole Road 

COST: Free 



SPONSOR: The Woods Hole Historical Collection and Museum 

CONTACT: Jennifer Stone Gaines 

TEL: (508) 548-7270 

EMAIL: Woods_hole_historical at hotmail.com 

WEBSITE: Woodsholemuseum.org 



Stephen Wagner, Captain of NOAA’s Delaware II, will give a workshop on how to construct a monkey’s fist and other knots, as he discusses the history of knot tying. The monkey’s fist is a heavy knot that sailors attach to a light line in order to give the line thrust as they heave it to shore or to another vessel. Sailors historically have whiled away their free time constructing working knots and knots as works of art. 





To pre-register and for more information, please call the museum. 


Free parking.
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