The largest Viking Ship sailing in modern times
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The largest Viking Ship sailing in modern times
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Re: The largest Viking Ship sailing in modern times
#2Looks like it's all set to go sack a few remote island monasteries!
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#3If this was interesting, and you're ever in eastern Norway, our oldest city Tønsberg have been building ships the old way for years now.
They started with Saga Oseberg, a copy of the Oseberg ship, ten years ago (here's the launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tigGYikk6A) and have continued making others.
You don't see any chainsaws in the building of these though; logs are split with axes, wedges and sledges, and even the nails are crafted on-site the old-fashioned way by blacksmiths.
The worksite is open to the public and it's really worth a visit in the summer.
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#4That’s a cool ship! I spent some summers sailing (well, mostly rowing) on a bit smaller Viking ship replicas:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bergie/albums/7215760328404647...
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#5What impresses me more is that the ship is under Norwegian flag and not "Cocoa and Burbuda Islands".
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#6There is one similar viking ship currently under construction in France in Toulouse.
The objective is the same : doing a transatlantic travel for 2024.
Though, the project owners claim this will be the fastest drakkar ship : In french : https://batar.fr/orkan/
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#7It's surprising how well these ships sail; although square sails are often thought of as only being effective going down wind, they sail somewhat into the wind fine. And of course, you don't have to worry about a bad gybe removing your rigging.
I was in Norway a few years back and took a tourist trip in a 2/3 replica of a Viking boat found in a burial mound - the crew took us up the lake, turned round and came straight back - it was remarkably nippy and seemed to handle very well. I'd be interested to read how the much larger ship here performed under sail.
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#8Amazing ship, been laid up in Mystic Seaport for the last couple of years after crossing from Norway to the US through Iceland and Greenland. From what I have understood talking with people involved the billionaire builder got bored with the project after it completed the crossing.
Here's a video of them sailing out in heavy conditions from Greenland across the labrador sea. Their Youtube channel has more videos of them on the crossing and earlier trial seasons sailing around the north sea.
Re: The largest Viking Ship sailing in modern times
#9It's surprising how well these ships sail; although square sails are often thought of as only being effective going down wind, they sail somewhat into the wind fine. And of course, you don't have to worry about a bad gybe removing your rigging. I was in Norway a few years back and took a tourist trip in a 2/3 replica of a Viking boat found in a burial mound - the crew took us up the lake, turned round and came straig…
For square riggers the problem is rather tacking, because then you're backing the entire sail area and putting strain in the wrong direction for the rigging.
The rigging is built to withstand immense pressure from behind and the side, not from forwards. For larger square riggers they do wearings when the wind starts to pipe up to mitigate this.
From talking with people involved everyone was surprised how incredibly well she sails. But it was a lot of learning to get to that point with the bottom reefing and strange sheeting points affecting the balance.
Re: The largest Viking Ship sailing in modern times
#10Amazing ship, been laid up in Mystic Seaport for the last couple of years after crossing from Norway to the US through Iceland and Greenland. From what I have understood talking with people involved the billionaire builder got bored with the project after it completed the crossing. Here's a video of them sailing out in heavy conditions from Greenland across the labrador sea. Their Youtube channel has more videos of t…
From the video it looks absolutely terrifying. Those waves seem to constantly rise above the side of the ship, and there's large chunks of ice all around, and that's very far from the worst weather they could have encountered.