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> In terms of the results themselves, the boats are extremely seaworthy crafts. When you get in them for the first time, you don't think that, because they're v
by medstrom 1y ago
> In terms of the results themselves, the boats are extremely seaworthy crafts. When you get in them for the first time, you don't think that, because they're very, very light. They feel very flimsy, and they're very low in the water compared to a modern sailing boat. So you feel really in touch with the wave, which is kind of scary. But because they're so flexible and because of the way they're rigged, they're actually really stable, even in big waves.
> "We kept going out thinking, 'Oh, this is maybe the limit of what this boat can tolerate,' and then it would be fine, and we'd be, 'Okay, let's go a little bit in slightly bigger waves with slightly stronger wind,'" Jarrett continued. "So I think our comfort zones definitely visibly expanded during that period. And I had the chance to work with the same crews over three years. By the end of those three years, we were doing stuff that we would never have been able to do at the beginning."
Sounds like they had fun.
- wincy 1y agoWhen is the last time someone used a vessel like this to sail to Iceland? I’d pay for someone to do that. Amazing what our ancestors accomplished.
- SpicyUme 1y agoThere was an archaeologist who drowned last year during an attempted crossing from the Faroe islands to Trondheim. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvyge44nppo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvyge44nppo https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2024/08/american-archeologis-dies-in-reenactment-of-viking-voyage/ https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2024/08/american-archeologis-die...
- vidarh 1y ago2016? https://www.drakenhh.com/expedition-america-2016 https://www.drakenhh.com/expedition-america-2016 Not exactly the same type, but a recreation of a viking longboat.
- willhslade 1y agoLook up the book called the Brendan voyage. Leather boats from Ireland to Newfoundland. They run into trouble around the ice floes. Great book.
- _9ptr 1y agoThis might not be the most scientific take, but the description reminds me of the Elvish boats of Lothlórien. Did Tolkien possess advanced knowledge of viking seafaring?
- rcxdude 1y agoHe was very knowledgeable about history and that informed a lot of his writing, so it's quite likely.