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SANTA MARIA
SHIP INFO

Overall Length: 98 feet

Height: From the keel to the top of the mast: 89 feet

Hull Dimensions: At the water line: 72 feet by 26 feet. The hull is 2.5 inches thick below the water line and 1.75 inches thick above the water line.

Weight: 130 tons with ballast

Main Mast: This 65-foot mast is carved from a single Douglas fir.

Hull Planking: 44,000 board feet of Port Oreford cedar.

Deck Planking: and spars 22,000 board feet of Douglas fir.

Frames: 24,000 board feet of Alaskan yellow cedar.

Sails: 2,700 square feet.

Rigging: 4,000 linear feet of line.

Knees: 1,000 board feet of White Oak.

Tar: 55 gallons used to preserve fixed rigging.

Lignum Vitale: 90 board feet.

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