Boats you can sail in

Are you going out sailing in connection with your visit to the Viking Ship Museum? Here you can read about the sailing service's boats.

Reconstruction of Skuldelev 6, a fishing and cargo vessel from the Viking Age, ca. 1030. Skuldelev 6 was originally…

Reconstruction of Skuldelev 3, a Viking Age merchant ship, ca. 1040. Skuldelev 3 was used for merchant and cargo…

This large Faroe boat with 10 oars on each side – in Faroese, a teinæringur – is used for sailing with Museum…

This large Faroe boat with 10 oars on each side – in Faroese, a teinæringur – is used for sailing with Museum…

Trolle was built at the Museum boatyard for our School Service and for taking Museum visitors on boat trips.…

Krákan was built of pine and oak at the Viking Ship Museum boatyard in 1993. The "áttamannafar" (8-man boat) was…

Blakman was built of pine by Niclas í Koltri. The rough seas, unforeseeable weather and strong currents between the…

Boats similar to, but a bit smaller than, the "Oselver tolværing" (river Os 12-oar boat), were used up to about…

The keel, stem and stern of this "oselver tolværing" (river Os 12-oar boat) were built of oak while the rest of the…

Geirfuglen is build at the Viking Ship Museums boatyard, for use in in the museum's sailing service. The boat has 6…