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Portuguese sailing ships

by Judy
(Texas)

I'm looking for a picture of old Portuguese sailing ship/s.

I'm planning a quilt for my daughter and son-in-law who is from Hawaii and of Portuguese heritage. Any suggestions where I might find some? Regretfully my only connection with sailing was lessons in Newport Bay, Calif where I blew up on John Wayne's beach and was run (pushed} off by his security people!!
So embarassing!

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Jan 23, 2011

Nao or Carrack
by: Han

Hi Judy,

I don't know when you wrote your question; whatever the reason, I saw it today so hurried to give you this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrack ; it contains pictures of Portuguese Carracks, THE Ocean-going ship of it's time.

Regards, Han.

Dec 07, 2011

Caravela + Nau
by: Luis Portal

The portuguese started theyr discoveries with the Caravela , went afterwards to the Nau, bigger and
better for downwind passages to the Indies .
Will be glad in giving you further information.
Luis Portal

lportal85@hotmail.com
Porto-Portugal
00351968881174

Feb 25, 2015

yacht NEW
by: glenn dowdall

hi judy i have just purchased a portugese caravela and seen your request my caravela is a modern yacht but i have seen the mathew in bristol dock england uk not new england and it looks really authentic i am sure they will have a web page as they do trips in the summer season easter untill september ish there are many old ships in the uk which are nearly all black tar colour and the mathew looks unusuall as its a scrubbed pine or oak colour ...i guess as they were when new? love to see a pic of finished bed linnen/quilt glenn

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