Extract from the logbook 4 July 2008
04/07 - 2008 10.30Friday 4/7-2008, 10.30
8.00 Breakfast by the ship
8.45 Skipper’s briefing
A low pressure area…
Extract from the logbook 3 July 2008
Thursday 3/7-2008, 18.40
11.09 log 13, no wind, pouring rain. We row out of the harbour at high tide to join the…
A new stage
We finally got under way and in what seems to be typical “Sea Stallion weather” – pouring rain. From the window,…
Weighing and the reconquest of Ireland
It’s the big weighing day. All members of the crew have been ordered on to the bathroom scales with all their…
The Sea Stallion has arrived in Wicklow
After six hours' sailing, the Sea Stallion is 25 nautical miles closer to Roskilde. We will wait for a northerly…
The Sea Stallion is on its way south through the St George’s Channel
A stable westerly wind is keeping the Sea Stallion at a speed of about 5 knots.
The Sea Stallion is at sea again – at last
A light wind from the north has sent the Viking Ship Museum’s research project down along the coast of Ireland.
Rudder tackle – the weakest point in the reconstruction?
On ships and boats of the Viking Age, the rudder was fixed on the starboard side of the ship’s stern. Early Middle…
