The Godspeed is Built
Click here to see a video of the newly built Godspeed replica.
News station WCSH 6 in Portland, Maine is reporting that people driving down Main Street in Rockport Thursday might have blinked in surprise to see a 400-year-old ship in the road.
It’s really a replica of a 400-year-old ship. The Godspeed is being built by Rockport Marine for the Jamestown Settlement Museum in Virginia.
It’s a replica of one of the ships that brought the first English settlers there in 1607. The crew of builders has been working on the 65-foot vessel for 18 months.
Thursday, they carefully hauled the vessel through town to the launching site at the town landing. The move attracted a big crowd, but it went off without a hitch.
The Godspeed, to be launched March 18th, has a busy year ahead, preparing for Jamestown’s 400th anniversary.
“The new Godspeed will go on a three month sail along the East Coast to promote the 400th anniversary. We’ll stop in Alexandria, Virginia, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Newport, Rhode Island, then back to Jamestown,” said Eric Spath from the Jamestown/Yorktown Museum.
