french were sending men and ships to help fight the british. now the replica "hermione" is making the same trip. as recreations of history go the new "hermione," as her sea trial showed, is a spectacular example. over 200 feet long with 16,000 square feet of sail, she's been built using the same materials and a lot of the same methods as the original. it took money from both sides of the atlantic to fund the project, not to mention 17 years and the wood from 3,000 oak trees to build her. and back in the age of sail, it took 250 people to handle a ship like this. the modern version gets by with just 80, most of them volunteers, and most french, although there are a few americans, including woody wiest. >> one of the things about a ship like this is you get people from all around the world coming