Our last day in Haifia, tomorrow taking the train to Jeruselum, for our last four ful days in Isreal, We decided to not do a long drive to some far away site, instead go visit the two maritime museums just down the hill in Hiafia’s north end.
Lots of really great ship & boat models ancient anchors, stones some with several holes for wooden spars to improve setting firmly in the bottom sediments. Models went from BCE eras right up to 1960’s . I praticularly liked the Nina, Pinta, & Santa Maria The Maria was largest and a different type, Placard claimed that Columbus though it a real slug in performance compared the the lighter Nina &Pinta. A comment I’d never read before. Also Sir Frances Drakes “The Golden Hind”
in order The Maria, then Nina & Pinta, one of which is shown withthe Lanteen rigging that Columbus changed out for square sails since he was planning on just straight fair (down) wind sail due west.
And last a fore and aft of the Hind. Draks only ship of the five he started out with to make it back. But as the placard says well worth the trip.
A whole room of cool weapons, swords, cutlasses, Scimitars, & flintlocks and cannons OH Boy!
Finally I think mostly for the school groups of kids they had a
PIRATES OF THE MEDITEREANEN !!
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So now it’s getting late, have to get up early & catcht the train to Jeruselum so you get some pics of the Naval museum side. less interesting to me, except maybe the submarine. Because so much stuff, valves, gauges, controls, in a very small space. Travis says the absolutly most compact galley by far ever seen.
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