4/17/14:  We left Georgetown this morning continuing our northward bound travels. Last night we met more Loopers ( Ross & Barb on Attitude Changer, Curt & Julie on CJ, Don & Anita on Limelight) that like us are headed to the America’s Great Loop Cruiser’s Association (AGLCA) rendezvous in Norfolk, Va. Meeting other Loopers just makes us more excited about the adventure we are on.

4/16/14: On Wednesday, April 16th, the 'Pinta' and the 'Nina', replicas of Columbus' Ships, sailed into the Georgetown, SC harbor

 and docked at the Harborwalk Marina right next to Twelve Stones.

The 'Nina' (65-foot length, 18-foot beam, seven-foot draft, 75-ton rating and 1,919 square foot sail area) was built completely by hand and without the use of power tools. Archaeology magazine called the ship "the most historically correct Columbus replica ever built."

The "Pinta" (85-foot length, 23-foot beam, 7.5-foot draft, 101-ton rating and 3,800 square foot sail area, she is a larger version of the archetypal caravel), the Foundation’s second Columbus Replica Ship, was recently built in Brazil to accompany the Nina on all of her travels. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel. Historians consider the caravel the Space Shuttle of the fifteenth century.