“It’s insane to imagine that many people crammed into a ship 65-foot long by18-foot wide. Columbus picked up around 120 survivors from the waters and packed them on the Niña, which normally held 20 to 30 crew members. The fleet ran into a hurricane, which took out every single ship except for the Niña. Sanger explained, “Back in the day, on the second voyage, Columbus brought 17 ships with him, the Niña being the flagship. The Niña has been traveling since 1992 and the Pinta came into service in 2005. Brazilians still use 15th century trade tools, and no electricity was used in the construction of the ships. His father had the Niña and Pinta built in Brazil, where it took 20 men to construct each of the ships. A bit of trivia, Pierce added: “The North Carolina college football team is called Tar Heels because sailors, after walking on decks with pine tar, would leave footprints everywhere.” Columbus used the substance for rigging and decking. Pierce added the ships are black and that is from pine tar that is very sticky, tacky and got on everything including the lines, deck, etc. Puppet in Portuguese is spelled ‘popu’ and that’s where the name came from.” He had religious puppets mounted on the masts and that way the crew would have religious thoughts as they were crossing. Prior to sailing, a priest would board, blessing the ship and crew.
“The name originated by the very religious Spanish people. He explained to visitors how the name “poop deck” came to be. Thousands of Jupiter visitors toured the ships, taking a step back in history and being regaled with tales by the friendly and knowledgeable crew members.ĭon Pierce began crewing on the Pinta in Fort Myers earlier this year and has plans of traveling with the ship for a few years. The Niña is a replica of the ship on which Columbus sailed across the Atlantic during his three voyages of discovery to the new world beginning in 1492. Gracing the docks of Harbourside Place in Jupiter the week of March 24 were replicas of the Niña and Pinta, two of three ships in Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus’ historic fleet.
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