Kim and the droppings
What does a seaman do to get a favourable wind? Some say that he should tickle the mast and then leave all the rest…
Monday, July 9th, 2007.
Rising and laying down the mast.
We, the crew of the Sea Stallion, must be able to rise and lay down the mast as…
Sunday July 8th 2007
Because of the heavy rain the last couples of days huge amounts of water have been pouring down on the ship. The…
Extracts from the Log Book, Monday, July 9th
09:00 am: We practise laying down the mast.
10:30 am: We row out of Spangereid, the plan is to make some rowing…
Rudder trouble
In Lagavulin we finally took time to check the rope for the rudder withy. We'd been talking about it for a couple…
The mystery of the ‘Silver schooner’
The mystery of the ‘Silver schooner’
Service at sea has always been closely associated with story telling:…
Extracts from the Log Book, Sunday, July 8th
Wind: W strong breeze (10-14 m/s) - cloudy and some rain.
The forecasted eastern wind that was promissed thursday…
The south of Utsira – A Childhood Memory
When I was sitting in the mess of the accompanying ship ‘Cable One’ yesterday evening, listening to the talk about…
A tremendous start – the Sea Stallion and the transport conditions of the Viking Age
It was a splendid sight when the Sea Stallion from Glendalough headed out from the inner broad of Roskilde Fiord.…
The Sea Stallion is waiting for wind
After almost a week with rain all day and night, we awoke this morning to dry weather and glimpses of the sun. On…