Well the weather was great, but overcast slightly. The pictures came out great. I'm still trying to organize them into some sort of order, but I got pictures of everything! Since the 11 man crew used the lower deck areas as the personel spaces, we could not go below nor could we walk on the raised stern area. The rig simple and is period correct, they used the right shaped hearts and other period styled blocks and parts.
The Nao/NINA is completly at the mercy of the wind. No aux. engine, however they do mount a navigation light at dusk to the masts while under sail on the open water. The have p/s lights an use a solar/generator when needed. The ship is a tiny little thing. There are/were no heads on the real ship, so none were "invented" for the rebuild version. The sailors used buckets or simply dumped over the side/stern.
She was Columbus' favorite and was his Flagship due to her good handling quality and his cabin (the biggest area on the ship) was only 8'wx6'wx4'h with only the deck hatch for ventilation.
The inboard mounted life boat was also on display and period correct. Although, the anchors were completly incorrect for the period. I asked about that and because them not being sure where they end up anchoring while in different ports, they perfer to simply tie up or use a small swing type navy anchor.