The Pinta was built 15 feet longer and 8 feet wider than the original, so she can accommodate more people, and be used for dockside charters/events.ĭo you have a replica of the Santa Maria? She is regarded as the most accurate reproduction ever constructed. We have a 95% success rate of arriving at our Port of call on time! We do very timely updates on our SCHEDULE & TOURS page, and we also do fairly regular updates on Facebook, so be sure to LIKE US to keep up with interesting new posts!Īre the ships the exact size as the originals? Whenever navigation delays occur, we always communicate with our Port of Call to give regular updates of our new arrival time. On the inland waterways, both high and low water can cause unanticipated changes in lock & dam operations. Our first priority is to keep the crew members safe at all times. "Mother Nature" has a lot to do with us maintaining our schedule. If you get in the neighborhood, you can always look for the ships' masts, they are very distinctive! Sometimes Google changes the link after we have coded them into our page, so we can't always guarantee the maps work. We use Google's maps, and make every effort to get an actual picture of the location where we will be docked. There you will find hyperlinks to a maps of where the ships will be docked. We travel the Gulf Coast, the East Coast, the Great Lakes, and the Midwestern River System. We travel an average 10 months out of the year to 30 to 40 different locations around the United States. We take great pride in displaying and maintaining the only traveling replicas in existence today.
Columbus made 4 voyages totaling 12 years on ships like these.
The Sanger Ships LLC's aim is to educate the public on the type of ship, the "caravel", that Columbus used to discover a new world in the year 1492.
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