San Diego shipbuilders recreate 1825 cargo ship

SAN DIEGO (KUSI/FOX 5) — At a time in history when superyachts are designed by artificial intelligence and pieced together with prefabricated materials, a small group of old-world shipbuilders in San Diego has decided to take a step back in time.

Two hundred years back.

“We’re bringing history back.  We dive deep into the history books and come up with a 19th-century sailing ship called The Pilgrim.  It’s not a replica; it’s an interpretation of what it probably looked like,” says Brian Thomas, a shipwright on The Pilgrim 3…

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