Come Sail Away
by Wild Thing
Title
Come Sail Away
Artist
Wild Thing
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Love when these two ships dock here. I can sit and imagine what it must have been like to travel across the Atlantic in such a small vessel to unknown places. Early in the morning when it's quiet is the best time for this. The beauty of the river, the sun just coming up, the water softly lapping at the side of the ship is just so lulling. Perfect for dreaming.
The Nina
The Nina & The Pinta
The Pinta and the Nina, replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships, and arrived in the Port of Winona to spend four days the weekend before the 4th of July.
Both ships were open to the public for viewing for a small admission fee.
"The Nina is the most historically accurate replica ever created," said Pinta's 1st Mate Justin Johnson. "And the Pinta comes in a close second, but she's a little bit larger than she originally would've been by about 20 percent."
In 1988, an American engineer and maritime historian, John Patrick Sarsfield, began building what was to become the first truly, historically correct replica of a 15th Century Caravel. John had discovered a group of master shipbuilders in Bahia, Brazil who were still using design and construction techniques dating back to the 15th Century.
It was in Valenca, Brazil, using only adzes, axes, hand saws, and chisels, in additiion to naturally-shaped timbers from the local forest, that the Sarsfield Ni�a was built.
Jonathan Nance, a British maritime historian and main researcher for the project produced a sail plan for the ship, which represents the Ni�a as she would have appeared during the eight recorded busy years of her life following her departure from the Canary Islands in September 1492.
In December 1991, the Ni�a left Brazil and sailed to Costa Rica on a 4000 mile unescorted maiden voyage to take part in the filming of 1492. Since then, the ship has visited over 300 ports in the U.S. She is the only 'sailing museum' which is continually 'discovering' new ports, while giving the public an opportunity to visit one of the greatest little ships in the world's history.
Not only are they nearly exact replicas of the ships that sailed more than 500 years ago, they were built in nearly the same fashion.
"The Nina's make was all constructed of hand, which is pretty much how they would in the time period with hand tools. It was completely constructed by a crew of about 20 men who took about three years," said Johnson.
Their stay allows many the chance to step way back in time.
Many visiting the ships were surprised by their size-- expecting much bigger ships.
"A lot of people don't really realize how really small these ships were, and that they traveled across the vast ocean of the Atlantic. They're not like your normal tall ship like you see in Boston or New York," said Johnson.
The ships tour together as a sailing museum to educate people on the caravel, a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many other early explorers.
For more information about The Nina, visit http://thenina.com/.
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July 9th, 2016
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