She hopes the ship will be restored and able to sail again in the future.ĬNN’s Nicole Williams contributed to this report. The small caravel-style vessel was originally called the Santa Clara, but dubbed the Nia ('girl' in Spanish) by the sailors in homage to the ship's owner, Juan Nio. The Nia was not the ship's official name. During that time, she learned and now teaches 15th century sailing techniques. Columbus and his crew may have called the three ships the Nia, Pinta and the Santa Maria, but those were probably just nicknames.
Mrazek first started working on the ship in 1995 when it was in sailing condition. When the ship was in its prime, people were able to sail around the Corpus Christi bay in it. Replica of Nia can be found in Corpus Christi, Texas. While it’s unknown how long the repair process will take, the ship was set to embark on a journey to Aransas Pass, a city about 20 miles away, later this month to undergo some needed restoration. She was built together with replicas of Santa Maria and Pinta. A replica had been harbored in Corpus Christi, Texas in the United States. La Pinta and La Santa Maria were hit by a barge roughly 25 years ago and were dry docked at Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History where they rotted. “She stayed that way for three months until we had the funds to bring her back up.” Nia, like Pinta and Santa Mara, was a smaller trade ship built to sail the. The city of Corpus Christi destroyed its Pinta and the Santa Maria replicas and buried them at the city dump. However, she was commonly referred to by her. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. “The pumps were electric and the electricity was off due to the hurricane,” said Mrazek. La Nia ( Spanish for The Girl) was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492.
After Hurricane Harvey hit the area in 2017, the ship took on water and partially sank because its water pumps were off. See 265 traveler reviews, 128 candid photos, and great deals for. This isn’t the first time the 75-foot-long and 20-foot-wide ship sank in the marina. Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History: Saw the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. The ship now sits on the bottom of the marina.
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