The Mayflower undergoing maintenance

[Jim Walsh]

The shipyard at Mystic Seaport is always a busy place. They have many boats in their own collections to maintain and they also do contractual work for other maritime institutions. I spotted this a couple days ago, it was cloudy, breezy, and in the 30’s. The caulking was trying to escape…

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[John Stone]

That's pretty cool. Can you imagine a TRANSLANT in a vessel like the Mayflower? It would be interesting to send just the day out sailing on her to see what it's like. I wonder what her motion is like (look at that height!). It must be horrible in a cross sea.

Those were certainly some tough sailors.

[Jim Walsh]

That's pretty cool. Can you imagine a TRANSLANT in a vessel like the Mayflower? It would be interesting to send just the day out sailing on her to see what it's like. I wonder what her motion is like (look at that height!). It must be horrible in a cross sea.

Those were certainly some tough sailors.

I took these pictures of her back in July of 2021 when she was in L.I. Sound off of New London. There is a tug on her port side and the RIB kept circling her. She had undergone a major restoration at the shipyard in Mystic Seaport.
Some amazing voyages were made by those vessels. Truly the era of wooden ships and iron men.
The voyage circumnavigating the word in the Golden Hind by Sir Francis Drake back in 1577 is that which impresses me the most.

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[fmueller]

Thanks for posting Jim ... so cool !