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The Matthew tall ship visited Holyhead and stayed in the inner harbour for a few days in July 2007
Over 500 years ago John Cabot and his crew set sail for Asia aboard the original Matthew hoping to trade goods and commodities with the people who lived there.
He finally arrived on the coast of Newfoundland and therefore was the original discoverer of North America, not Christopher Columbus as most people believe.
In 1997 the replica Matthew followed the same course as John Cabot in 1497. It sailed across to Newfoundland and carried the same number of crew members as the original and took the same and used the same amount of time to make the crossing.
In 2006 the ship featured in a half hour documentary for BBC1 that challenged six youngsters from varying urban backgrounds to get to grips with sailing a traditional ship. The Matthew is also set up to be used in historically accurate drama reconstruction's with modern equipment which is well disguised from the lens.
A brand new extensively researched drama documentary about Christopher Columbus is being made for transmission by the History Channel on television. The ship features as "Santa Maria" in many crucial scenes. Her crew worked with the production staff to dress the ship to appear as if it had been through a storm, and re-created accurate period scenes on deck including live cooking of salted fish and freshly made
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