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FreeAmerica's oldest knot shop, handcrafting nautical rope bracelets, decor, and gifts in a 180-year-old Mystic building.
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Argia
Argia is a tour in Mystic, CT, part of the Mystic & the Connecticut Shore guide. Cost: $25 to $50. Sailing May through mid-October.
Steamboat Wharf · Mystic, CT
Why you should go…
The Argia is a wooden schooner that departs from Steamboat Wharf in downtown Mystic for narrated sails past lighthouses, seal haul-outs, and the working Mystic waterfront. Trips run seasonally from May through mid-October.
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What's around here?
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