Our Surfboat Restoration Project
SURFBOAT RESTORATION PROJECT
In the Fall of 2018 the Museum welcomed our newest historic boat to our permanent collection. This is an original surfboat used by the US Lifesaving Service Staion along the outer Cape coast. Over the next two years the staff and volunteers will be restoring the surfboat in order to complete our collection of historic boats of Cape Cod. The surfboat is a 24 1/2 Race Point surfboat and was donated to the museum by the Cape Cod National Seashore. Visitors are welcome to watch the resoration project and engage in conversations with our boat restoration experts.
“Where are we?” History of Navigation from 1200 BC
From ancient Polynesian stick charts and Icelandic spars to vintage nautical charts to modern electronic equipment from RDF to AIS, our newest exhibit covers navigation from 1200 BC to the present.
Did you know?
The arc on a sextant is one sixth of a circle, or 60 degrees, and allows a navigator to get a reading on the distance of an object. The sextant is used to determine the altitude of the sun, moon and stars for navigation purposes.
The sextant in our museum was used by donor Peter T. Damon on board the 110′ brigantine Romance, pictured above, in a round-the-world trip. Romance was also featured in the film version of James Michener’s epic novel Hawaii.