Nina and pinta chattanooga full#
Some days you will see endless amounts of excited kids lining up for the ships and what looks like a traffic jam of yellow school buses full of children coming to see us. Your job is to ensure the safety of all visitors onboard, greet visitors, answer questions about the ships and be friendly.Įveryone's tour is different but the goal is to have your group say "That was great!" and for them to have learned something useful about the ships.
Once 9am comes around, we are open to the general public for self guided tours/school tours. Breakfast takes place somewhere in the midst of all the duties. The standard chores that take place on an average morning are putting up the flags in the correct order, scrubbing the deck, setting up museum items and taking part in any tasks allocated by mates/Captains. Activities can range from killing endless amounts of spiders that cropped up during the night to a full blown rigging project, which requires all hands. On any given day crew members are awake at 7am to begin the morning activities. Only if assigned can a crew member talk to media.ĭeparture is a reversal of the arrival process. Media will board the ships after we dock and usually 1st Mate or Captain will give interviews and answer questions. The end of arrival day can vary depending on arrival time, layout, ship projects, etc., but generally an announcement is made that work is done for the day. The most important thing is to listen to instructions.Īfter gangways are set, next tasks are setting up the blue tent and a barrier, depending on the layout. They are not light by any means, but it is a team effort. Once the ships are docked and secure, with chafing gear all in the right places, the next task is setting up the gangways. Main tasks include: square and level the yards, make all coils presentable, scrub decks, clean out bunks, prepare dock lines and fenders. The main goal before docking is to get the ship ready for arrival and photo-ready for the media. The day really begins the moment you wake up. There is never a dull moment on arrival day. We travel the Gulf Coast, the East Coast, the Great Lakes, and the Midwestern River System. We travel an average 10 months out of the year to 30 to 40 different locations around the United States. We take great pride in displaying and maintaining the only traveling replicas in existence today. Columbus made 4 voyages totaling 12 years on ships like these. Sanger Ships LLC's aim is to educate the public on the type of ship, the "caravel", that Columbus used to discover a new world in the year 1492. NOTE: All crew positions are volunteer only. Are you interested in becoming a deckhand or cook aboard The Nina or Pinta?
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