Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina, and Pinto - Is That a Good Idea?

In 18 91, congress allocates a certain amount of money the span go to work building these boats in the year before. They actually tried to build the nina and the pinta out of old, like, some older, kind of rotting ships that they had laying around. In the end, they, they built the santa maria pretty well, well enough that she was able to sail across the ocean.