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Smooth sailing so far on $7.5M makeover of Mayflower replica
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — If you’re a fan of the Mayflower II, here’s something that will float your boat. A year after craftsmen embarked on an ambitious effort to restore the rotting replica of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620, the work “is going really great,” project manager Whit Perry says. Britain built the vessel and sailed it to the U.S. as a gift of friendship in 1957.