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Mayflower II Goes Through The Canal – Slideshow

Mayflower
Written by Brian Tarcy

SANDWICH – There were adoring crowds lined up along the banks of the Cape Cod Canal Monday to witness the voyage of the Mayflower II on its way back to Plymouth after three years of renovations in Mystic, Connecticut.

The original voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 was not greeted by adoring crowds along the Cape Cod Canal, which, of course, had not been built. Things change in 400 years. The ship, a historic replica built in 1957, has just undergone $11 million in renovations.



The Mayflower II, with a crew of 27, traveled through the canal surrounded by an armada of boats on its way from its weekend stop at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay to its final destination in Plymouth.

The boat was supposed to return to Plymouth in April but logistic complications of the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the journey. Monday’s journey from the MMA to Plymouth was the final leg of the trip home, which began last month.

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About the author

Brian Tarcy

Brian Tarcy is co-founder of Cape Cod Wave. He is a longtime journalist who has written for the Boston Globe, Boston magazine, the Cape Cod Times and several other publications. He is the author of "YOU CAN'T SELL RIGHT FIELD; A Cape Cod Novel." He is also the author or co-author of more than a dozen mostly non-fiction books, including books with celebrity athletes Cam Neely, Tom Glavine and Joe Theisman. His previous book was, "ALMOST: 12 Electric Months Chasing A Silicon Valley Dream" with Hap Klopp,who created the iconic brand, The North Face.
For more information, see Briantarcy.com
Brian is a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan with a long-running NFL predictions/political satire column connecting weekly world events to the fate of his favorite team, now at Whatsgonnahappen.com.

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