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CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A replica of the famous Christopher Columbus ship the Pinta docked in Clarksville on the Cumberland River Thursday evening and is now open for tours through the month of June.
Capt. Stephen Sanger told Clarksville Now that usually the Pinta is accompanied by another of Columbus’ ships, the Nina, but that ship was damaged by Hurricane Sally in September and is still undergoing repairs.
According to Sanger, the ship took 36 months to build and relies on a 20-person crew. For eight to 10 months out of the year, the crew spends their time on the sea traveling from 20 to 30 ports. This is their first full season of tours since 2019.
‘We’re always on the move’: Replica of Christopher Columbus’ ship docks in south Alabama
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
The “Pinta” has been traveling around for 11 years, according to Stephen Sanger, skipper of the ship.
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If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to be on Christopher Columbus’ famed ship, the “Pinta”, you’re in luck. Sort of.
While what happened to the real “Pinta” ship after it left Columbus’ helm is unknown, a replica of the ship can be seen in Bayou La Batre through May 9, right behind St. Margaret’s Catholic Church.
When you turn into 13790 South Wintzell Ave. in the city, you can easily see that the replica is no ship in a bottle. According to ninapinta.org, a website dedicated to the history of Columbus’ ships, as well as the company’s replicas, the ship’s deck is 85 feet long and weighs 101 tons. It’s actually 15 feet longer and 8 feet wider than the original, but this is so people can tou
The ships are essentially floating museums operated by Sanger Ships LLC.
The 86-foot-long, 24-foot-wide Pinta, known as a Portuguese caravel, was built in Brazil with Brazilian hardwood using the same hand tools and methods used by shipwrights at the time Columbus crossed the Atlantic.
The Pinta’s captain, Stephen Sanger, described crowded conditions for the 20 to 30 crewmen who sailed aboard vessels like the Pinta in the 15th century.
“They would all sleep out on the deck,” Sanger said. “Provisions and livestock would live in the hold below.”
Fortunately for the crew of four volunteers who help man this modern-day replica, the hold has been fitted with living quarters.