Pinta 12"

• Overall dimensions: 12" long x 3" wide x  12" high (1:95 scale)
• Handpainted the actual colors of the real Pinta wooden tall ship
• Embroidery on the sails of this Pinta similar to the design of actual Pinta
• Deck details similar to the deck of the real historic tall ship Pinta
• Our Pinta model boat is made from high quality woods.
• The tall ship model sits on a sturdy wooden base
• To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, pictures and copies of plans.
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La Pinta ("the painted one", "the spotted one") was the fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The New World was first sighted by Rodrigo de Triana on the Pinta on October 12, 1492.

Pinta was a caravel-type vessel. By tradition Spanish ships were named after saints and usually given nicknames. Thus, Pinta, like Niña, was not the ship's actual name. The actual name of the Pinta is unknown.

Pinta was square rigged and was smaller than the Santa María, weighing approximately 60 tons with a length of 20 meters and a width of 7 meters. The crew size was 26 men. Captain of the Pinta was Martín Alonso Pinzón. There was also a stockpile of guns in the captins' quarters.