Replicas of two of Christopher Columbus‘ ships are making their way up the eastern seaboard over the next few weeks en route to Newport, RI.
Both 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.
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. Columbus sailed the tiny ship over 25,000 miles. That ship was last heard of in 1501, but the new Niña has a different mission. She’s a floating museum, and she’s visiting ports all over the Western Hemisphere.
Pinta was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Nina on all of her travels. 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. Pinta is available for private parties and charters.
The ships are expected to dock at Fort Adams from June 16-25 and will be open for tours from 9am – 6pm.
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 Group & School Tours: minimum of 15 people, $5 per person.
