The Ropery has been making rope since the early 1600s. (Catharine Hamm / Los Angeles Times)
A rope-making demonstration is part of the tour of the Ropery. (Catharine Hamm / Los Angeles Times)
Some of the equipment and methods used to make rope today date to the 1860s. (Catharine Hamm / Los Angeles Times)
Almost $5 million was spent on restoring the Gannet, an 1878 sloop. (Catharine Hamm / Los Angeles Times)
A visitor peers through the periscope of the Ocelot. The submarine was launched in 1962 as part of the British Royal Navy, with crews serving as much as four months at a time in the cramped quarters. (Catharine Hamm / Los Angeles Times)
Detail of the Ocelot. (Catharine Hamm / Los Angeles Times)
