Not every day do you get to see an authetic full size replica of a 16th century Spanish Galleon even in St. Augustine. Our city founder, Pedro Menendez, is credited with developing the galleon concept and arrived from Spain in one in 1565 to estabolish our fair city. These ships were armed cargo and people carriers that were the Spanish colonies link to mother Spain. The square rigged ships could not efficiently sail to windward so they followed a route that gave them the following winds and seas from Europe to the south and a northerly route home with a little boost from the Gulf Stream current. St. Augustine was a stopover and provisioning safe port for the often gold laden ships.
Grandson Luke and I toured the 170 foot vessel last weekend and had a grand time. The crew and officers who serve as tour guides enjoyed telling stories of their voyage from Spain and answered questions about the ship. It was built in 2009, carries a crew of 28, has more than 9,600 square feet of sail area, and sails at around 6 knots. Luke thought the cannons were cool especially when looking at the fort.
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