Sailing by the Stars: A navigation experience aboard schooner BRILLIANT
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Sailing by the Stars: A navigation experience aboard schooner BRILLIANT
Saturday, October 10, 2026 1:00 PM - Sunday, October 11, 2026 12:00 PM (EDT)
Description
October 10-11 (Ages 18+, capacity: 7)
October 10, 1:00 p.m.-October 11, 12:00 p.m.
Understand celestial navigation as a concept, but never practiced it? Here's your chance to change that. Join us aboard the schooner Brilliant for a one-of-kind voyage led by Brian Koehler, Associate Director of the Planetarium. Before we set sail on this overnight trip, gather ashore with our Planetarium staff for an overview of navigation skills. As night falls, we'll get underway to put those skills to use. Explore, discover, sail with us!
- No prior knowledge of celestial navigation required.
- No prior sailing experience required.
- Open sleeping quarters with traditional heads; no showers onboard.
- Dinner and breakfast are provided.
- Once a berth is reserved you will receive a health form and handbook outlining what you should bring, arrival information, and other details.
Members $550 per participant | Non-members $660 per participant
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355 United States







