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Mayflower Replica Heads to Mystic Seaport for Restoration Work

Connecticut Public Radio
Published December 13, 2014 at 9:31 AM EST
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The Mayflower II in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in a 2013 photo.
The ship is being prepared for 2020, the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' arrival.

The replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America has set sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts, to another historic port in Connecticut where it will undergo a restoration. 

The Mayflower II departed Plymouth harbor Friday for Mystic Seaport for the six-month project. The 57-year-old ship, owned by the Plimoth Plantation living museum, is being pulled by a tugboat.

Plans call for the 106-foot-long ship to arrive in Mystic on Sunday, after stops in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and New London, Connecticut.

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Aboard the Mayflower II in 2009.
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The Mayflower II's crow's nest seen from its deck in 2010.

 If the repairs go on schedule, the Mayflower II will be back in Plymouth in May for the summer tourist season. But seaport officials have said it could return to Mystic for additional work over the next two winters to get it in shape to sail in 2020, the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' arrival.

This report includes information from The Associated Press.
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