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| (...) Very nice! I'm glad to see this other type of ship represented. -Suz (19 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| Ahoy etc Although the longship is the iconic viking vessel, the knarr (or knorr) was generally the vessel of choice for trading. (URL) My knarr (or knorr) is shorter than my longship (only two hull centre sections). The rail is a perhaps fanciful, (...) (19 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| Excellent work Mr. Richie, now all you need is a port to sack and women to haul away. -Keith (It's all about the plunder) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) According to Tim Severin, in Odinn's Son (a work of fiction, but TS is a noted maritime historian), wealthier vikings had a specially tailored canopy. But for the most part, yes, it would have been the sail. Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| (...) (URL) This link>, given by Joel Jacobsen, says: At night, the sail was lowered and removed from the ship. In bad weather, it often served as a tent. The Vikings, inventors of the sleeping bag, would sleep under the sail for protection. So the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| (...) Interesting. (thanks for the "stupid" question, Mark. I was wondering too.) I've felt funny planning a prominant "front end" to my boat because I read that they made them to travel in either direction (hence the mast being positioned dead (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, FTX)
| | | | those crazy Vikings (Was: Viking Longship)
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| (...) I read that the Vikings didn't use saws to make their boats. That's pretty amazing. (...) Ha! Well, you know I'd love to, but I'd take flak from the masses for being even more of a compartmentalized dork, right? ;-) In my own defense, here's (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Suzanne Rich wrote: <SNIP> (...) Agreed! I have to chuckle, too, as I've got a half completed rework of my own long ship sitting on my work bench. I hope to complete this week to also share. SNIP (...) The set's scale is close, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) SNIP (...) Well done, Richie! It looks great with all those oars. My own longship project is limited to 4 oars per side because..it's all I have. :) (...) They look great; I'd love to pick up a couple more copies of this set to fill out my (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) All the references that I've seen have awnings like that used whilst at anchor... there are probably exceptions, though. The awning would be in the way for any sailhandling, and I wonder if the arm wasn't used to support the ridge of the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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