Below deck were cargo and large animals that were suspended from slings to protect them from injury when the vessel pitched.
This is the first year they have traveled together.Īlthough the crews live in what seem like cramped quarters below the decks of the ships, the accommodations are luxurious compared with what Columbus' men endured.Īs Bradley Jones, a 19-year-old volunteer from Sellersburg, Ind., explains to visitors, the explorer's crew slept on deck, where it was wet, cold and crowded. The Pinta was built by the foundation in 2006.
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It appeared in the movie 1492: Conquest of Paradise. "Otherwise, we have to take our masts off," said Kyle Friauf, a captain of the two ships.įoundation in the British Virgin Islands to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage. Alas, there will be no reunion: The Santa Maria doesn't go anywhere, and the Nina and Pinta have to worry about bridge clearance. That, of course, puts them within 125 miles or so of the Santa Maria replica moored on the Scioto River.
The ships have been in Cincinnati and are headed for Marietta and Steubenville. CINCINNATI - Anyone with a yen to see life-size replicas of the three ships that Christopher Columbus used on his famous voyage can do so this month without leaving Ohio.Ī historically accurate Nina and a slightly oversize Pinta are sailing - well, motoring - the Ohio River as a traveling museum to give visitors a feel for what life might have been like for Columbus and his crew.
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