Essential Information Type Events and festivals Location Cutty Sark Date and Times Saturday 16 September - Monday 18 September 2023 Prices Free with entry to the ship Free entry for Members. Not a member? Join now Book Cutty Sark tickets Plan your visit Join us on Monday 18 September as we celebrate World Knot Tying Day for the first time at Cutty Sark. The anniversary celebrates Clifford W. Ashley, who wrote and illustrated The Ashley Book of Knots, which features over 3,500 different knots! We will be hosting a variety of activities and talks on the day as well as the weekend of the 16 and 17 September, so join us for this opportunity knot to be missed! See what's on below. Image Knots activities Tween Deck | Saturday – Monday | 11am – 4pm Knots are a key aspect to life at sea, with over 3,000 variations of knots possible. Join us to learn how to tie a bowline, reef knot or clove hitch, to name but a few! Image The miniature rope walk Dry Berth | Saturday – Monday | 10am - 1pm and 2 - 4pm Did you know that Cutty Sark uses eleven miles of rope in its rigging? This miniature rope walk is a table-top version of the huge walks once used to make rope in the traditional way. Come to one of the sessions and see how Cutty Sark's ropes were made, why they look the way they do, and hear some of the stories and lore of ropes and the sea. You may even be able to take home a bit of newly made Cutty Sark rope at the end of the day… Image Fishermen’s ganseys Tween Deck (Fo’c’sle) | Saturday - Monday | 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm Jumpers have become an almost ubiquitous wardrobe staple, providing both warmth and practicality. These garments evolved from the humble ganseys worn by fishermen through the centuries. Knitted by their loved ones, these jumpers hold a place in our imagination as tokens of love and a sombre indicator of a fisherman’s home village to show where he should be returned to if lost at sea. But how much can we rely on these romantic notions as a faithful history of these garments, or is there more to the story than meets the eye? Join our resident Ship-keeper for a 20-minute talk which will cover how they were made, and the specific characteristics of the garment that made them well-suited to the work they were worn for. We'll delve into the history of these jumpers, picking apart fabricated aspects of their history and revealing a deeper and more complex story of how they were produced, which touches on women’s history, independence, and liberation. Image Knowing the Ropes: Riggers in Action Main Deck (weather providing) | Monday | 11am - 4pm At Cutty Sark we strive to present the ship as historically accurately as possible. Through research, we uncover how the ship would have looked in her sailing days. We are fortunate to have a contemporary painting of Cutty Sark from 1872, by marine artist Frederick Tudgay, known for his meticulous attention to detail. This painting was owned by Cutty Sark’s owner John Willis and is the only evidence of the ship and her rig from her famous tea clipper days. Analysing the painting, we are slowly changing the rig to reflect the ship’s tea clipper appearance. This includes reinstating 12 Turk’s heads on the footropes of the bowsprit. Traditionally made by T.S Rigging, we strive to keep these authentic rigging skills alive on the ship today. Join us on Monday 18 September to catch TS demonstrating how to make Turk’s heads on the Main Deck (weather providing). What’s On More events at Cutty Sark. Family fun Meet the characters of Cutty Sark Meet colourful characters from Cutty Sark’s past and hear astonishing stories about life at sea in the age of sail Weekends and Fri-Mon in school holidays | 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm Included with entry to Cutty Sark Cutty Sark Family fun Cutty Sark Toddler Time Listen, learn and play at Cutty Sark: bring your under-5s on a different adventure every week! December Wednesdays | 10.30am | 11.30am | 1.00pm | 2.00pm £5 per adult Cutty Sark Talks and tours Shipkeeping in action This is your chance to meet the team who care for and conserve Cutty Sark Monthly | See page for details Free for Cutty Sark ticket holders Cutty Sark Evenings & Lates | Cutty Sark Lates Cutty Sark Concert - The Salts This Burns Night join us for a folktastic evening of music aboard Cutty Sark featuring The Salts! Thursday 25 January 2024 | 7 - 8.50pm Adult: £18 | Members: £16 Cutty Sark Events and festivals | Evenings and Lates Cutty Sark Comedy Join us in the Lower Hold of the famous tea clipper for a fantastic evening of stand-up comedy 28 January 2024 | 6.30pm-8.30pm (Doors open at 6pm) Adult: £18.00 | Members: £16.00 Cutty Sark Events and festivals | Evenings and Lates Cutty Sark Concert - The Old Time Sailors Sail back in time with us for an immersive experience of traditional seafaring music underneath the Cutty Sark Thursday 25 April 2024 | 7.30 - 10pm Adult: £23 | Member: £21 | Young person/student: £21 Cutty Sark Sea Shanty Festival 2023 Visit Cutty Sark for a fantastic day of sea song performances and workshops in celebration of the tea clipper's 154th birthday Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons Plan your visit to Cutty Sark Find opening times, tickets, visitor information and maps to help you plan your visit to Cutty Sark