On 8/1/2017 3:33 PM, wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 2:02:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>>
>> US Coast Guard was there as usual
>>
>> https://postimg.org/image/cqumuhs4r/
>>
> Wow! I had to go back and look at which country it
> was representing. All I saw at first was the boat and
> beautiful sails. What I know about boats could fill a
> thimble.
>>
>> but this one got the popular vote, hands down, from Portugal.
>>
>> https://postimg.org/image/ot4pecxzp/
>>
> But what happened to this poor boat? It looks like it could
> stand a major refurbishing.
>

It is a replica of a 17th century galleon. It was built in 2009 and
probably made to look old. See some detail here. Cabins look nice
https://www.fundacionnaovictoria.org/el-galeon/