STUART — The Niña and Pinta have docked.

The replica ships built after the caravels Christopher Columbus used to sail to the New World in 1492 will open for visitors on Wednesday.

The Santa Clara (Pinta), a replica of Columbus' ship, sails into Stuart on Tuesday. photos by Sarah Grile.

The two ships docked at the Harborage Yacht Club marina on Tuesday and will remain there throughout the next seven days for tours.

Both ships were built in Brazil and are now touted as a “floating museum” used by the Columbus Foundation to show people a glimpse of the world when the famed navigator crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

The Niña was built following plans that took three years worth of research, said Capt. Morgan Sanger, of the Columbus Foundation.

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