![]() The Columbus Foundation receives no funds from government agencies or private foundations and is supported entirely by the fees paid to tour the ships. Group & School Tours: minimum of 15 people, $5 per person General Admission: $8.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors (age 60+), $6.00 age 5-16 (not in a school group), age 4 and under are free The Ship will be docked at Calhoun’s on the River, 400 Neyland Dr, Knoxville, TN 37902 until her departure October 30th. Walk aboard tours are available from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. On Friday October 20th the Pinta, a Replica of a Portuguese Caravel used by Columbus and many early explorers will open as a floating museum for dockside educational tours. Pinta is available for private parties and charters on its tours.īoth The Niña and Pinta tour together as a new and enhanced ‘sailing museum’, for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the ‘caravel’, a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world. Replicas of Christopher Columbuss Nina and Pinta are here in Knoxville, and they are as closed to the real thing as it gets. People from East Tennessee are used to seeing large boats on the river, but ships from 1492, not so much. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel and offers larger deck space for walk-aboard tours and has a 40 ft air conditioned main cabin down below with seating. Two ships have sailed around the world to take families on a blast from the historical past, all the way to 1492. Pinta was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Nina on all of her travels. It is a floating museum that visit ports all over the Western Hemisphere. That ship was last heard of in 1501, but the new Niña has a different mission. Columbus sailed the tiny ship over 25,000 miles. The Niña, the most historically accurate Columbus replica ship ever built, is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492. We are supported entirely by the fees paid to tour the ships.The Pinta and the Niña are docked at Calhoun's Restaurant, 400 Neyland Drive, until their departure early Wednesday morning, November 6th. Sanger Ships LLC receives no funds from government agencies or private foundations. Pinta is available for private parties and charters.īoth The Niña and Pinta will be touring together as a new and enhanced ‘sailing museum’, for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the ‘caravel’, a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel and offers larger deck space for walk-aboard tours and has a 40 ft air conditioned main cabin down below with seating. ![]() We are a floating museum, and we visit ports all over the Western Hemisphere. ![]() The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic on his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492. ![]() The Niña - Most Historically Accurate Columbus Replica Ship Ever Built The most historically accurate replica of a Columbus Ship ever built, and our newer Pinta.ĭeck length - 65', Beam - 18', Draft - 7' Welcome to Sanger Ships LLC and our two Columbus replica ships - our original Niña,
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