There are opportunities to see behind the doors of Boat building and Lobster hatching in Whitby this weekend.
Boat Building in Whitby is being celebrated today as part of the town's fish and ships festival.
Jamie Wallace is one of the event organisers he says there will be a rare chance to see behind the scenes at Parkol Marine today.
There will also be a chance to take a look at one of the newest maritime business in the town too.
Jamie says the town's new lobster hatchery will also be opening it's doors.
The new Lobster Hatchery is a marine conservation project which is due to open its facility and visitor attraction in the coming months. When fully operational, it is hoped that the hatchery will return 100,000 juvenile lobsters per year to the North Sea to replace those landed for restaurants around Europe.
The Lobster Hatchery team say:
"Come and see behind the scenes of the Whitby Lobster Hatchery. The marine conservation charity in the historic Whitby Fish Market will be opening its doors to guided tours, giving you a chance to learn about the project and see their progress. Get up close with the range of lobsters and marine life they have on display plus ask any questions you have about the project."
"The tours would have to be guided. There will be a limit of 20 people allowed on each tour. Tours running 11am, 12.30, 2pm + 3.30pm.
We will have the front hatch [on pier road] open talking to people and booking tours. Open 10am-5pm both days."
Elsewhere in the town Whitby’s RNLI Lifeboat House will also be offering tours to see the inner workings of Britain’s oldest lifeboat station. The RNLI station Lifeboat and Boathouse will be open to allow the public to look around both Saturday and Sunday the 24th and 25th September. There will be a special “blessing of the boats” service on the Sunday afternoon 14.00hrs with the Bishop of Whitby.
The Captain Cook Museum have a special exhibition called "Where Am I, Lost at Sea!"
This exhibition will give all ages an opportunity to use their very own quadrant to determine their latitude when navigating.
The museum says:
"Why not play a game charting a voyage through the pacific? You will complete your own log book and find out exactly where you are at sea!
Captain James Cook on his three voyages would have used these very same techniques 250 years ago. Find out about a log line, a lead line, a quadrant, a sextant, and the very first “computer” called a traverse board!"
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