The Mary E. has been running cruises in Connecticut since 2006.
The Mary E in disrepair
William R. Donnell II, a schoolteacher and descendant of Bath shipbuilders, poses with his sons William, left, and Juan, right, next to the schooner Mary E that he was restoring in the mid-1960s.
A classified ad for the schooner Mary E in a 1965 newspaper
Maine Maritime Museum executive director Amy Lent says the Mary E will sail at special events and serve as an ambassador for the museum and the city of Bath.
A section of a sail plan for the schooner Mary E
