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We got to see the Nina

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kennypinkerton

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a replica of Columbus' boat of exploration fame. it was docked in Tuscaloosa all weekend. Pretty neat boat. Smaller than I expected though.
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Then we had dinner at Lone Star steakhouse. I'm stuffed.
 

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Yeah you'ld figure these would be huge ships.
 
She came up the Warrior?
 
the nina and the pinta were about 50 ft long and the santa maria about 115 ft long
 
Yep. Been getting a few interesting one's lately... Delta Queen riverboat was here a couple months back, but we didn't get to go see it. It had to lower it's stacks to fit under the bridges.

The Nina is touring around... Was in Tennessee a couple weeks ago, and it'll be in Pensacola in a couple more weeks. It was in the movie "1492"
 
This one is 93.6 feet overall, with a 66ft deck length. Which is no slouch, but it just didn't have the apparent "largeness" that I was expecting.

Here's the website about it...
https://www.thenina.com/the_original_nina.htm
 
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This one is 93.6 feet overall, with a 66ft deck length. Which is no slouch, but it just didn't have the apparent "largeness" that I was expecting.

Here's the website about it...
https://www.thenina.com/the_original_nina.htm

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Interesting article. Apparently the 50ft was the keel length and it would be great to see it. I wonder if it came in under sail or does it have auxilliary power /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
I think Kenny is enjoying the new found freedom that came with his new found job tooooo much. Way to go Kenny.
 
I can't imagine sailing off into the unknown in THAT!! That's TINY! Those were some brave men.
 
Good question... I never thought to ask them... There are not any engine controls above deck though. And it has a huge tiller to steer with that is as long as the rear raised deck (just under it).
 
Yup... I've been enjoying my off-time! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Was my understanding that it does have a desiel engine. Everhear of remote controls, hehe. Yep just like your TV.
 
It would make sense... especially in cruising the inland rivers. I'm with Banjo though... It is a scary thought to think you were gonna go off to ocean in that thing for even a few days, much less weeks or months. I think I'll stick with Carnival /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
kenny, with ya new job goin so well (congrats. again) and the nice off time,ya aint thinkin bout,no ya not gunna,tell me it aint so! man 50',that thing is too big! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Humans generally are NUTS! The further back you look, the more apparent that is. Impressment aside, the early open-water sailors were good examples of this. No solid longitude info, very limited stowage... just enuff grog aboard to go past "no return". Navigational info (such as it was) was closely held to keep the crew loyal to the cap'n an officers... "HEY! Let's all sign up to go tease some monsters 'n dragons!"

NUTS I tell ya.
 
If you think the Nina was spartan, just think what the Vikings did with their open boats in settling Iceland, Greenland and starting up a settlement on the NE coast of Canada....

And Farley Mowat suggests that the pre-celtic (Picts?) inhabitants of Scotland did the same in boats made of skins....
 
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I think I'll stick with Carnival /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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I don't know about that either, wasn't there something about 700 people on a carnival cruise ship getting ill recently.
 
We got to see it when it was docked in Chattanooga a few weeks ago. It's beyond tiny when you think about how it crossed the ocean. Makes Columbus and his crew seem all the more brave to me. What I didn't know was that the sailors didn't have hammocks until the return voyage. They learned about them from the natives. Previously, they slept on deck regardless of the weather. The lucky ones slept on coiled rope, everyone else got the bare wood decking.
 
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