As you can see from the grandboys in the photo, the next stop at Jamestown Settlement, was to the replicas of the original settlers’ ships: the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.
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The ships traveled to Virginia using the favored southerly route across the Atlantic Ocean, taking advantage of trade winds and stopping at numerous islands to resupply.
Cramped, unsanitary conditions and unrelenting boredom created tension and conflict among the passengers.
After 6,000 miles at sea and the loss of only one passenger in the Caribbean Islands, the voyagers arrived off the coast of Virginia. On May 13, 1607, they decided upon Jamestown Island as the site for the new settlement.
In case you are wondering, as I was, the ships are painted as they might have been originally .
All three replicas are seaworthy.
I spied a couple of dugouts:
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