We are supported entirely by the fees paid to tour the ships. 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. In 2016, replicas of those ships are in Burlington. 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. In August 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail with three ships: the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. 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. In 1992, the quincentenary of Columbus’ first voyage, replicas of his ships the Niña, Pinta and the Santa Maria arrived in Corpus Christi, Texas after sailing from Spain and touring the US East Coast. 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 Nia 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 last of Corpus Christi’s Columbus replica ships has sunk. 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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