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Landing, efforts are being made to give the ship renewed life. NMHS member Hajo Knuttel, who was instrumental in the recent save of the barkentineReg ina Maris, has been retained by owner Specialty Restaurants to begin maintenance and pursue options on a new home for the vessel. She is currently berthed in Camden NJ. Rick Hogben, writing in Ships Monthly reports a new three-masted schooner, to be named Peace, under construction in Poland for Germany. Further additions to the world ' s tall ship fleet can be expected this year if plans to build one or two brigantines in German yards go ahead. They will be similar in type to the German Greif (ex-Wilhelm Pieck). Word comes from Australia that the newly completed replica of James Cook's vessel Endeavour will be undergoing sea trials on the West Coast of Australia in April. Columbus Ships: Where to from Here? The year of Columbus ' s commemoration and its great cloud of controversy passed, the three Spanish-built Columbus replicas rested the winter quietly at dock at the Intrepid Museum in New York City. What of their future? The Spanish government recently announced Corpus Christi , Texas, as the permanent home for the vessels. Corpus Christi was selected from among 14 US ports that made made offers for the caravels after their extensive 1992 tour. And what of the Santa Maria replica built in Albany, New York by Scarano Boatbuilding and shipped in two parts to Columbus, Ohio, last year? Installed in a basin adjoining the Scioto River, the replica has been a huge success as an exhibit: 300,000 people vi sited the vessel in 1992. An educational program for schools is being established aboard the tethered vessel. (CSM, 50 West Gay Street, B-100, Columbus OH 43215) Washington Report At the November meeting of the Council of American Maritime Museums in New York, Michael Naab, National Trust for Historic Preservation Maritime Director, reported on 1993 Congressional appropriations for maritime projects: • The Army Corps of Engineers will spend $1 million to dredge a new berth for the brig Niagara in Erie PA. The corps is also required to absorb some $230,000 in administrative costs associated with moving the endangered SouthSEA HISTORY 65, SPRING 1993
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