Mayflower II Expected Home This Week

After extensive repairs and almost a whole summer in drydock, the Mayflower II is finally coming home.
The 56-year-old replica sailing ship is expected to return to its anchorage at State Pier sometime this week, according to Plimoth Plantation. 
The exact date is dependent on the Coast Guard, but is likely to happen sometime between Wednesday, Aug. 7 and Friday, Aug. 9. 

For the past seven months, Mayflower II has been undergoing extensive repairs in dry-dock, a restoration and preservation project that began this winter- work that will begin again this winter after the Museum closes for the season.

Information on the exact date and time will be posted at www.plimoth.org/sos.

For the past seven months, Mayflower II has been undergoing extensive repairs in dry-dock, a restoration and preservation project that began this winter- work that will begin again this winter after the Museum closes for the season.

The museum put out a call for white oak to replace much of the ship's hull.  Framingham State University donated sections of a large white oak growing on campus to Plimoth Plantation to help repair the ship. The tree was scheduled to be removed to make room for a new building.