![]() ![]() There were 20 men on the Nina and 26 on the Pinta. Part of the reason was, of course, that they were so light on crew as well. A lateen sail is basically a triangular sail set at a 45 degree angle to the deck.īoth of the caravels were lightweight and rode high in the water. They made use of lateen sails which greatly helped their performance. Sleek and fast, they were skilling at sailing upwind. The smaller caravels were very popular in Columbus’ day, the sports cars of the sea. Each was likely a second hand merchant ship, the best that could be obtained at the time to be fast enough and reliable enough to do the job. None of the three ships were ever explicitly intended for exploration. Sleeping quarters were not included, the crew would have slept on the deck. Each ship carried supplies for their crews. The Nina and the Pinta were known as caravel vessels. The flagship Santa Maria was a carrack that displaced about 100 tons. The Santa Maria’s deck was around 58 feet and was the largest of the three, meant for carrying cargo. The Nina clocked in at about 50 feet of deck length. ![]() The Pinta had a deck length of only 56 feet. The Nina and the Pinta were both very small. These were not the mighty seafaring vessels some might have expected them to be. They were la Santa Clara (Niña), la Pinta and la Santa Gallega (Santa Maria). The Story of Christopher Columbus’ ShipsĬolumbus set sail with three vessels. They found a new land that no one had expected to be there. He realized right away that they hadn’t found the Orient. The problem was he thought it was a lot smaller than it truly is and that it would be a shortcut to China and India. The reason Columbus headed West was because everyone knew the world was round. Keep in mind, the popular story many people hear was that either Columbus thought the world was flat or that he thought he found China. The voyage was funded by the crown but it still must have seemed daunting at best to a crew who had never heard of anyone doing what they were about to do. He took three ships and a crew of 86 sailors. It was August of 1492 when Columbus set sail. Just how did Columbus make the journey that only a handful of Vikings had ever made before? When Columbus Sailed for the Americas But there’s one part of the story that not enough people pay attention to and that’s the ships themselves. Gone are they days when people thought Columbus thought the world was flat. The story has evolved over time to take a more realistic and practical view of the trip. We are supported entirely by the fees paid to tour the ships.Most schoolchildren learn the tale of Christopher Columbus and his historic voyage across the ocean. Sanger Ships LLC receives no funds from government agencies or private foundations. Pinta is available for private parties and charters.īoth The Niña and Pinta will be touring together as a new and enhanced ‘sailing museum’, for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the ‘caravel’, a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel and offers larger deck space for walk-aboard tours and has a 40 ft air conditioned main cabin down below with seating. Pinta was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Nina on all of her travels. We are a floating museum, and we visit ports all over the Western Hemisphere. That ship was last heard of in 1501, but the new Niña has a different mission. Columbus sailed the tiny ship over 25,000 miles. The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492. The Niña - Most Historically Accurate Columbus Replica Ship Ever Built The most historically accurate replica of a Columbus Ship ever built, and our newer Pinta.ĭeck length - 65', Beam - 18', Draft - 7' Welcome to Sanger Ships LLC and our two Columbus replica ships - our original Niña, ![]()
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