Krákan

Krákan

Faroese Áttamannafar built at the Viking Ship Museum boatyard, 1993

Krákan was built of pine and oak at the Viking Ship Museum boatyard in 1993. Boats of the áttamannafar type (8-man boat) was used for winter fishing with hand-held lines for cod, ling and halibut. Not least because of its seaworthiness, in times past, it was also the most important means of transporting goods and people between the islands.

Krákan is rigged with a low lugsail on the main mast and a spritsail on the mizzenmast. Both masts can be easily lowered into the boat after taking in the sails. The oars are the main means of propulsion in all kinds of weather.