Sailing on Lake Pepin yesterday (on the Mississippi River) we had some BIG company.
First we saw the replica ships the Nina and the Pinta tied up on the guest dock at the Lake City Marina. The Nina was built with just hand tools, to scale. The Pinta was built larger than the original to accommodate more people on board. Both seems smaller than I had imagined. The Nina is 65' deck, 18' beam, 7' draft. The Pinta has an 85' deck, 23' beam, and a 7.5' draft. The Santa Maria is missing because as a larger ship, it would have a 14' draft and would not be able to go every where the Nina & Pinta can go.
We wanted to take the tour, but the line was quite long and we had sails to fill.
The second big sight was that of the Queen of the Mississippi, a 300', 5 deck, 150 passenger paddlewheeler. When we first saw it upriver it looked like an office building coming our way!
First we saw the replica ships the Nina and the Pinta tied up on the guest dock at the Lake City Marina. The Nina was built with just hand tools, to scale. The Pinta was built larger than the original to accommodate more people on board. Both seems smaller than I had imagined. The Nina is 65' deck, 18' beam, 7' draft. The Pinta has an 85' deck, 23' beam, and a 7.5' draft. The Santa Maria is missing because as a larger ship, it would have a 14' draft and would not be able to go every where the Nina & Pinta can go.
We wanted to take the tour, but the line was quite long and we had sails to fill.
The second big sight was that of the Queen of the Mississippi, a 300', 5 deck, 150 passenger paddlewheeler. When we first saw it upriver it looked like an office building coming our way!
