Viking ship on it's way from Norway to North America

[kerryedwards]

I hope it has a successful voyage. We sailed on an authentic Viking ship at this museum last summer. It was a thrill. I was at the helm for a while. I was quite surprised at how close to the wind it could sail. http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/

 

[BlowMeAway]

Awesome video, thanks KE!

 

[Biobob Catalina 27]

I know it is a 2D image, but it is hard to tell which way the flag at the top of the mast is blowing, in some of the scenes, almost looks contrary to the sail. Would be an awesome thing to be on though.

 

[Daveinet]

Enlarging the Icon photo, you can see the telltails on the leeward side of the sail are all dead. Even though its a square rig, I wonder if it is possible to put any kind of curve/foil shape to the sail with the original rigging?

 

[Brian S]

Yeah, those aren't telltales. They're reefing lines. On a modern Marconi/Bermuda rig, we rely on tack and clew reef points to hold the sail down, and the reefing lines or nettles along the midsection of the sail are just to gather the excess. But on a sail like this, or an old gaffer, they have many more reefing lines, which are all tied to the boom or in this case the foot of the sail. There are many to distribute the force, so they wouldn't tear out like if we used 3 nettles to try and hold the midsection of the sail down. Wow, 5 reef points!

 

[Daveinet]

So I just looked at the link to the museum. They state that the larger ocean going vessel is 52 feet long., but they claim a top speed of 13 knots. Hull speed should be 9.5 knots, so are they planing?

 

[dscribner]

Very cool. I can't imagine crossing the North Atlantic in an open boat, sitting on my sea chest for weeks on end, unbathed, no head, too much grog, and all with a group of guys with a penchant for maiming and forcing themselves on women. Hey, James L Nelson has book number 5 in the Night Wolf saga coming out. 1 thru 4 were pretty good. Maine author.

 

[Jackdaw]

Its coming to Duluth as part of the Tall Ships. If the stars align we'll go out and sail with her for awhile as she goes by the Apostles.

 

[kerryedwards]

Any idea on the schedule for the Apostles and Duluth? I wouldn't mind seeing that. We saw Captain Cook's vessel sail into Whitby a number of years ago and that was a thrill

 

[kerryedwards]

Here's a link to the ports it will be visiting. If you click on the dots, it will show you the date of the visit.

http://www.drakenexpeditionamerica.com/route/

 

[Daveinet]

I've been to the tall ships festival in Chicago, and while it was fun, they are not as impressive as they should be. Between the low lake levels, and the tall buildings, the tall ships don't look so tall.

 

[william24424]

Impressive, I saw the video of the hull reinforcement, and new keel bolts. I love seeing these expeditions...Like the Shackleton re-enactment, it's reassuring to see them adding some safety measures, I probably would've went with an epoxy bottom, but that wouldn't be very Viking like...and if I was King for a day, I'd add carbon fiber masts and Kevlar sails to the USS Constitution and sail it on a Wednesday night race.