From BBC News:
“Hundreds of people flocked to Portsmouth this weekend for a final glimpse of the Mary Rose before the Tudor warship goes under wraps for three years.
Currently the ancient hull of the Mary Rose is constantly sprayed with a water-based wax solution to prevent the timbers drying out and rotting away.
Eventually this process will end, and by 2011 a complex programme will begin to “dry out” her ancient beams and ensure they are preserved forever”
I think this is the most wonderful thing that could ever happen to something of this magintude. This is a ship from the 1500′s and we are saving and preserving a piece of history at this point that is 500 years old. I am so excited about this!!!!