![]() The Pinta and the Santa Maria rotted away and were destroyed in 2014.Īnd in 2017, La Nina was damaged by Hurricane Harvey. The two ships planned to sail together to Northern Virginia. Their visit was part of Spain’s 500th anniversary of the Voyage to the New. The non-profit “Columbus Sailing Association” was created in 2006 to raise money for ship maintenance. The Columbus ship replicas La Nia, La Pinta and La Santa Maria first sailed to Corpus Christi in 1992. And by 2000, they were no longer seaworthy. The three ships were a gift to the city by the government of Spain. ![]() The fleet sailed across the Atlantic in 1992 to celebrate the 500 th anniversary of the first Columbus voyage. But that doesn’t bother the city of Aransas Pass. As of early Tuesday, however, the ship has been. The last remaining ship of the Columbus fleet, the Nina, currently sits in need of repairs at the Corpus Christi Marina. Postcard Las Carabeles Corpus Christi the Nina / Pinta / Santa Maria Ships A24 Used Oops Looks like were having trouble connecting to our server. La Nina was one of three Columbus ships built in Spain, along with the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Since 1992, a replica of La Nia 1/3 of the ships that Christopher Columbus used to sail from Europe has sat at a marina in Corpus Christi. “We know that once it’s here, we’re going to get a lot more support than we already have.” ![]() “We’re very, very passionate about it and our community is excited about it,” Vega said. Meanwhile, Vega says they already have an anonymous donor who has offered to fully restore her if she stays on in our area. The Corpus Christi Marina Superintendent and the Columbus Sailing Association who currently cares for the ship, say there are six cities in the running for ownership of the last Columbus ship. 61 Nina Pinta Santa Maria Premium High Res Photos Browse 61 nina pinta santa maria stock photos and images available, or search for christopher columbus or columbus ships to find more great stock photos and pictures. But ultimately, it will be up to the Corpus Christi City Council to decide where she will end up. Later this month, the ship will be moved to the Aransas Pass Harbor to get an estimate on the repairs she needs. You really don’t have an appreciation for something like that until you get to the point where you can actually see it.” “We got a tour of the ship, we got on it and we absolutely fell in love with it. The La Niña is the last of three ships that were built by the Columbus Foundation in the late 1980s. “We all went out to go look at the ship,” she said. ![]() She says they all agreed that the next home for the iconic ship should be Aransas Pass. Vega and other Aransas Pass city officials recently took a tour of the ship. article by Detlev Ellmers in The Earliest Ships (Conway Maritime Press. “We really want to help keep her here and restore her to where she once was,” Rosemary Vega, the CEO of the Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce, says. The last remaining ship of the Columbus fleet, the Nina, currently sits in need of repairs at the Corpus Christi Marina.īut that doesn’t bother the city of Aransas Pass. ![]()
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