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Hello, I have started building a new version of the caravel La Niña. Named "Santa Clara" but called “La Niña” by its owner, Juan Niño, a resident of Moguer. It was commanded by Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, brother of the captain of the “La Pinta”. The ship was built in Palos, and in the Canaries, its...

Why? I am fast running out of shelf space! Large, square-rigged models (e.g. Vasa) have such long main yards that they require a shelf so deep that they could share it with a 1950s television set. My first thought was to go for a fore-and-aft rig ship but could not find one that took my fancy...

Few photos of La Niña by Amati, with her sister La Pinta in the slipway…..

Greetings captains. While I rest from my long build of Black Pearl (which I'll post later) I decided to "quick" build this little ship. I saw a couple of great builds here of the wooden version and have some ideas about what I want to get in the result. It's interesting that Artesania Latina has...

Hi All, I would like to show you my new build I have very recently started. My first build was the Swift 1805 by Artesania Latina, and I decided to try a different manufacturer as I wasn't too thrilled with the instructions that were provided on my first build and i struggled with quite a few...