Sunday the ship sails once again. The U.S. Coast Guard only allows 79 people onboard Mayflower II when she sails. This includes the 26 person sailors who will crew the 2007 reunion trip.

According to a schedule released by Plimoth Plantation, Mayflower II will depart the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 20 ...

Passengers and crew also paused while in the bay for “The Watch Below,” a memorial wreath-laying ceremony led by the Rev. Peter Gomes that honored the 25 original crewmen who have died.

The surviving crew returned with the ship to England, setting sail for their homeland on May 5, 1621. Next week: Some of the most interesting people who traveled to America on board the Mayflower.

As the towboat tugged the Mayflower II out into open waters, the line pulled down on the bow, sending waves of water crashing into the ’tween deck, flooding the crew’s cabins with 2 feet of water.

The Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World, returned to Plymouth after getting the first repairs in a seven-year effort to get it in shipshape for the 400th ...

PLYMOUTH - Mayflower II, Plimoth Patuxet Museums’ full-scale reproduction of the original Mayflower, is riding a wave of celebration this year. June 13, 2022, marks 65 years since the ship ...