A replica of Christopher Columbus' ship La Niña has sunk to the bottom of a Texas marina
The ship, made in Spain, took on water sometime in the early hours of Tuesday and now sits on the muddy bottom of the Corpus Christi marina."She sank fast, but she is a survivor," said Kim Mrazek, president of the Columbus Sailing Association, which helps maintain the ship. The city of Corpus Christi owns the boat and is sending divers in to assess the damage this week. Mrazek said she suspects it might be a rusty nail that caused a board to become loose.
In 2014, the replicas of La Pinta and La Santa Maria were deemed too costly to repair and were destroyed.The ship now sits on the bottom of the marina.This isn't the first time the 75-foot-long and 20-foot-wide ship sank in the marina. After Hurricane Harvey hit the area in 2017, the ship took on water and partially sank because its water pumps were off. "The pumps were electric and the electricity was off due to the hurricane," said Mrazek.
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