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Amazing 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 u
by Gwypaas 4y ago
Amazing 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORSpUUy0lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORSpUUy0lQ
- dale_glass 4y agoFrom 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.
- porbelm 4y agoYeah, luckily those longships are extremely seaworthy. The width and lack of height make them stable, and they bend and flex with the ocean. There's a reason Eiriksson managed to cross the Atlantic and reach Newfoundland at the time, before anyone else (that we know of)
- jjtheblunt 4y agoto your point, super interesting : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Herj%C3%B3lfsson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Herj%C3%B3lfsson
- SaintGhurka 4y agoI don't understand how they don't get immediately swamped by the first big wave that hits them from the side. Or if not one big wave, wouldn't they eventually fill with water from the spray that washes over them every time the bow crashes down?