Work continues on Mayflower II

December 17, 2017 11:00 pm • Last Updated: December 18, 2017 6:34 pm

By Sean D. Elliot
Director of Photography

Shipwright Andrew Guest, at left, clears out a countersink for one of the bolts securing the beak knee, at left, to the outer stem for the Mayflower II in the main shop at Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard on Monday, December 18, 2017. The beak knee is a laminated timber donated to the Seaport by the U.S. Navy from the USS Constitution. The outer stem timbers are live oak from the Seaport's collection. The ship, a replica of the vessel that brought the Pilgrims to the new world in 1620 and built in 1957 in England as a gift to the United States in thanks for support during and after WWII, is an attraction at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts and will be undergoing a 30-month restoration at the seaport in preparation to sail it again on the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim's voyage. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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The beak knee is a laminated timber donated to the Seaport by the U.S. Navy from the USS Constitution. The outer stem timbers are live oak from the Seaport's collection.

The ship, a replica of the vessel that brought the Pilgrims to the new world in 1620 and built in 1957 in England as a gift to the United States in thanks for support during and after WWII, is an attraction at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts and will be undergoing a 30-month restoration at the seaport in preparation to sail it again on the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim's voyage.

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