27/01: Nao Victoria and El Galeon
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
In the St. Augustine harbor are two tall ships, the Nao Victoria and the El Galeon. The Nao Victoria is a replica of the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the world. El Galeón is a replica of the vessels that traveled the coasts of Florida between the 16th and 18th centuries, transporting men, goods, culture and ideas, creating ties between America and Europe. The Nao Victoria arrived December 23rd and is scheduled to leave February 1st while El Galeon arrived January 5th and is staying till July.
Nao Victoria is in the foreground and El Galeon is in the back.
When we boarded the Nao Victoria we spoke (or tried to) to the ships cook, a young Spanish lad. He told us that there are no showers on the ship and they did a two week trip from Spain to Puerto Rico. The galley is on the main deck and consisted of some cupboards and a two burner stove top. The first photo is looking down the deck of the Nao Victoria. The second photo are the ropes hanging on the deck.
El Galeon is a much large ship than the Nao Victoria. Looking at the crows nest on El Galeon.
The canon deck of the El Galeon. The canons are replicas and have been fired once. A video showed the building of the ship ---- both old construction technics and state of the art technics were used.
While we were touring El Galeon, the draw bridge went up. What a great vantage point.
We decided to have a picnic lunch on some benches on the pier. It wasn't long before the sea gulls were visiting --- might have had something to do the the bread John held up for the birds.
A jelly fish was swimming near the shore.
One of the local art galleries had glass jelly fish that Ed and I both like, unfortunately they were out of our budget. The statue of Ponce de Leon in the plaza.
Nao Victoria is in the foreground and El Galeon is in the back.
When we boarded the Nao Victoria we spoke (or tried to) to the ships cook, a young Spanish lad. He told us that there are no showers on the ship and they did a two week trip from Spain to Puerto Rico. The galley is on the main deck and consisted of some cupboards and a two burner stove top. The first photo is looking down the deck of the Nao Victoria. The second photo are the ropes hanging on the deck.
El Galeon is a much large ship than the Nao Victoria. Looking at the crows nest on El Galeon.
The canon deck of the El Galeon. The canons are replicas and have been fired once. A video showed the building of the ship ---- both old construction technics and state of the art technics were used.
While we were touring El Galeon, the draw bridge went up. What a great vantage point.
We decided to have a picnic lunch on some benches on the pier. It wasn't long before the sea gulls were visiting --- might have had something to do the the bread John held up for the birds.
A jelly fish was swimming near the shore.
One of the local art galleries had glass jelly fish that Ed and I both like, unfortunately they were out of our budget. The statue of Ponce de Leon in the plaza.