Extract from logbook, 22 July 2008

Lowestoft harbour

9.00 Breakfast

9.45 Skipper’s briefing:

There is no change in the weather. The forecast is…

Photo: Werner Karrasch

Long-voyage blues

Still in Lowestoft. The ship has been cleaned, the change of crew is over – but the waiting is not.

The weather…

Hans Jacob Andersen, leader of the aftership section, shows the contents of the powder chest. Photo: Werner Karrasch

“Falling in the water is a really bad idea”

With the sea grinding its teeth in anger and the Sea Stallion waiting for the right wind at Lowestoft in England,…

Extract from logbook, 20 July 2008

Lowestoft harbour

8.45 Departure for the crew travelling home

10.00 Breakfast

11.00 Bus to Sutton Hoo, room for…

Extract from logbook, 21 July 2008

Lowestoft harbour

9.00 Breakfast

10.00 Skipper’s briefing:

Skipper Carsten Hvid is back on the Sea Stallion…

Eric in Danelaw

Dear Diary, Well, we left Torquay on Thursday and sailed to Portsmouth. We passed by the Isle of Wight and the…

Photo: Werner Karrasch

Skipper’s shore leave over

Carsten Hvid is in command again

 

Reconstructing the sails of Viking ships

When reconstructing the ships of the Vikings it is necessary to combine various methods and approaches. This is due…

Late at night, the photographer succeeded in getting a shot of the whole of the crew on the harbour at Lowestoft. Spirits and humour were high – the North Sea is waiting. Photo: Werner Karrasch

16 new crew bring fresh power

And an affectionate farewell to 16 hands who have worked hard for the project over the 635 nautical miles from…