Sailing Zephyr IV · video

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Zephyr IV is berthed at Mayflower Marina in Plymouth, England.Watch Dave and Bill transit from the marina to the Royal William Yard and the Barbican via the local ferry service.0:56 The Barbican features the Mayflower Steps, where the Mayflower departed for America in 1620, and a deteriorating 1972 mural by Robert Lenkiewicz.5:11 The crew walks from the Barbican through the city to Plymouth Hoe, passing the Plymouth Gin Distillery and the Royal Citadel.7:19 On the Hoe, they visit Smeaton’s Tower, a lighthouse originally built on the Eddystone Rocks in 1759 and later reassembled on the shore in the 1880s.7:36 The tower remains open to the public and features an interlocking block design by John Smeaton.11:02 The crew concludes their visit by taking a bus back to the marina before planning a passage west toward Falmouth and the Helford River.13:23

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