Didn’t realize how small those boats were.
Yep. 58 feet is small. Considering that a PT-boat is 80 feet.
The average tractor trailers we see every day are longer than that “ship”.
There is a reproduction of one of Columbus’ ships on display in Columbus, OH. I believe it is the Santa Maria. You can go aboard and experience how small it actually is.
My daughter and grandkids took a day voyage on the reproduction sailing vessel in DE, the Kalmar Nyckel. The KN was a sailing ship brought to the colonies by Swedes who founded New Sweden near present day Philadelphia around 1640. My 11th great grandfather was one of them. He actually made the voyage twice, once upon the KN. Anyway, my daughter was shocked at how small the ship was. People had to take turns for beds. There was no place to sit. I cannot imagine embarking on that voyage twice — the second time with a wife. Life must have been pretty grim in Europe of the day for our ancestors to have risked everything to come here.