A Magnificent replica of Christopher Columbus’s galleon “Santa Maria” was built on Madeira Island, city of Câmara de Lobos, of on the island living dutchman Robert Wijntje - together with seven local craftsmen. Thus a dream went into fulfilment. The construction work took 1 year (July 97 - July98) using a total of 320m3 of wood, and included a Caterpillar motor of 455hp, its final characteristics are: Length: 22 m, Beam: 7m, Tonnage: 102, Sales: 192m2 Draft: 2,74m. The Santa Maria, representing “Madeira Wine”, was exhibited at the Expo 98 in Lisbon for a period of 25 days, during this time it received a total of 97.016
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