Draken in the North Sea storm

Sometimes it is hard to imagine that this was just a couple of months ago. Draken and her crew have been through storms on the North Atlantic Ocean. What an achievement, sailing from Norway, to Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland - just like the Vikings did a 1000 years ago, and into the St Lawrence Seaway, trough the locks and into the Great Lakes. She made it, it is a real modern Viking voyage.

[@orev5035]

Could you imagine the first Vikings who sailed those waters. What they wore, what they ate, what they left behind not knowing where the helheim they were going. Nothing short of miraculous courage could've brought them so far. Incredible ship. I would have loved to have joined you guys.

[@rolandprotoy5752]

Orev: Valhalla man Valhalla, they earned it and the Draken and her crew as well.

[@andershoff3816]

@Siward Beorn SKÅL!

[@borisvanden5593]

Vikings couldn't sail without even premitive navigation, this is all bull shit!

[@iloveamerica8541]

@JM G He would.

[@solverh]

@Orev: Come to Iceland and participate in the “Þorrablót” festivities and eat “þorramatur” - held around the first Friday after 19th of January - then you can experience what the Norse ate, i.e. the food that they could take along with them on their journeys.

[@Krezmick]

The boys at sea 839AD, Colorized.

[@TheDboy82]

Except the Vikings had zero comforts like these guys

[@hurontoikiy7036]

Just phenomenal ✌️✌️

[@brrrt6666]

Time for some shanties lads!

[@Irishdotie]

Apart from a lot less hair, muscle and weaponry 😂

[@mikesideburns9791]

Truly epic and original comment. Upboated

[@Ymirson999]

For some people, "Netflix and Chill," just isn't enough.

[@ireviewshtuff]

On the contrary, looks plenty chilly on that boat!

[@JustMyNipples]

can you imagine the orgies below deck?

[@fabiovezzari2895]

@@JustMyNipples i believe they were expecting those on arrival

[@georgfriedrichhendl9881]

@@JustMyNipples , there is no below deck. It is build like a classic viking ship. The resting crew members stay in a tent on deck. There are no cabins.

[@logger4130]

can confirm

[@ezzzki]

Those monks at Lindisfarne are in for a nasty surprise

[@ophirbactrius8285]

And then Gotcha! Peekaboo! Athelstan and his fellows got Halloween gift.

[@redreuben5260]

Insert Floci’s wicked laugh.

[@BeKindToBirds]

They are REALLY not going to expect it this time.

[@MaxHohenstaufen]

This video: plays Britain: sweats nervously.

[@bfcyouthelement1986]

Battle of Stamford bridge

[@TheAtmosfear7]

Okay Boomer Normans are not Vikings

[@Celticcc07]

Not the Scots

[@TheAtmosfear7]

@@okayboomer3292 Still lmao, Normans as in the Normans that invaded England are a clearly distinct people. You can call them a blend between French and Vikings but they're not the same

[@Piface2099]

@@okayboomer3292 true story

[@postwar46]

Never realised that a Viking Long-ship had so much beam. The vessel is certainly riding the sea beautifully.

[@frankvandendool882]

@a s LOL you are funny.

[@adambrickley1119]

@a s id go for the Bavaria any day.

[@bigkiwial]

@pp PP how do you work that out?? Probably less than 20% actually made it to where they wanted, let alone back!!

[@SergeyPRKL]

@Seamus O'Dork Merchant vessels were. Battlevessels were narrow and light.

[@DNBliQUidFUNK]

@@bigkiwial how did you work that one out? By "Probably" I think you mean "I have absolutely no evidence but". When did KZbin commenters become so stupid? Do you know what hypocrisy is?

[@bittidude]

modern vikings, damn those vikings were tough bastards back in the days.

[@johnmartlew5897]

Marko Mertala ...looks like they still are.

[@freikorps7799]

Did you not see the SAS airline ad? What even is scandinavian, nothing apparently..

[@blfalken]

@@freikorps7799 exactly, we have nothing but ability to adapt to foreign culture, according to our leaders and SAS. But still we are the most rasist people on earth according to many.

[@blfalken]

@Petro Oleg Liminov I guess it's good enough to get our sanity back, we had it just a few decades ago.

[@clearmethod8412]

no they werent

[@seanhaarhoff3726]

The days the ships were made of wood and the men from steel.

[@samsmith2635]

and diesel engines, notice the wake 01:12

[@jonathan-zo9nh]

Ship are made out of wood and the men are made out of bedrock

[@BrettonFerguson]

This ship is made from 50% plastic, just like the vikings 1000 years ago.

[@eduardopansera675]

Ok boomer

[@edinson1613]

Thats right mate .... those vikings were real tough cunts. Those unarmed scrawny priests took a lot of killing. Only real men of steel could take on such fierce opponents and win.

[@seanmcnally6658]

When I watch these videos I'm even more impressed by what ancestors and other early seafarers did to cross the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. Add to the building and sailing challenges was navigation. In rough seas and no clear sky, it is very impressive. . . and I love this boat.

[@allenrichards5086]

Same thought, ancient peoples were smart and courageous. I seek to emulate the same intelligence and courage in my own life.

[@TheAjayChaudhari]

To cross Indian ocean they took help from Indian Merchants

[@andrejmezin9548]

Это не лодка,это настоящий боевой корабль, своего времени.

[@simunator]

how'd you find footage of my parents going to school?

[@Largo1845]

This comment is so funny. When I was a kid, I also heard how my grandfather and grandmother walked for miles in the wind and snow to get to school. Every year this was told, it got a little worse.... : ))

[@hurontoikiy7036]

😁 ✌️ 👍👍

[@mithdeb5274]

😂

[@ckyisyourfuture]

@@Largo1845 uphill both ways no less!

[@Largo1845]

@@ckyisyourfuture 😁😁 true! 😄

[@MarkArandjus]

Now imagine none of the modern clothes, electronics, GPS, maps, etc. Damn!

[@Fusselwurmify]

Also, this ship here is exceptionally large for a viking ship, so... imagine doing the samew thing in a knarr half as long. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knarr

[@azlannair4835]

0.51...Noticed some sort of technology.. amazing ship though. 👍

[@MarkArandjus]

@@azlannair4835 It has technology. The Vikings didn't, that was my point.

[@azlannair4835]

Mark Arandjus 👍.

[@thegremlin9876]

you do know that without the specified equipment the ship would have not been allowed to leave the port right? Regulations exist to keep people safe and i dont think anyone in the crew would like the fact that they were going in blind

[@ArchAngelWC]

I love how the boat is just hurling along like, "This isnt a storm....Thor is not angry enough.."

[@charlesharper2357]

It isn't a storm...just gale force.

[@t16205]

@Samson Themighty In those waters it is

[@TheNguyenGiap]

The clinker built longships of the north did ride the waves instead of butting against them

[@Oakleaf700]

@@TheNguyenGiap Seems to be more like a cork on the Sea, the beautiful vessel doesn't look remotely bothered by it.

[@StoutandSteady]

What a glorious sight, a viking longship in it's element.

[@tct84]

It's a Knarr but yes

[@daginn896]

@@tct84 It's not a knarr

[@flare242]

Holy shit these guys are badasses. I can't even begin to imagine how much more badass the original Vikings must have been.

[@mr-x7689]

Which of them? The pirates, murderers and rapists AKA Vikings. Or do you mean the common Iron age Scandinavian folk? The common folk who travelled the world exploring and trading. Those who perfected their craft in a harsh land where farming was super hard due the rocky soil. Using the term Vikings to describe the Iron age Scandinavians, is likable to say that the worst part of Hells Angels the bikers represent modern man. Or that ISIS represent all of the people in the middle east.

[@flare242]

​@@mr-x7689 I'm only saying, that people who were sailing in these waters in cold weather must have been extremely resilient and physically capable. It doesn't matter what they were doing after they left the boat. That isn't relevant at all. The word badass describes someone who is capable of withstanding extreme circumstances. Circumstances, that someone else wouldn't be able to withstand. The fact that some of the aforementioned "badasses" proceeded to rape & pillage doesn't disqualify them from being badass in any way. They still lived through the journey. I'm not planning to have a debate about politics, or judge someone who lived many centuries ago, by contemporary morals or standards. Thanks, tho.

[@yosephbuitrago897]

Mr-X Viking is now a catch all term for all the Scandinavian people of that time. It’s even used by modern day Scandinavians in Scandinavia. The vikings who went on raids were badass because of how tough and hard they had to be simply to survive, and the Vikings who were traders and merchants(which was like 90% of Vikings) were badasses because of their toughness and because of how far they were able to reach in trading and sailing around the world.

[@heinz5714]

Germanic people we are resilient

[@crystallineentity7698]

@John Bravo Jeez do you want to get into my time traveling delorean and go cancel them?

[@cheesetruck4738]

See you in 4 years when this gets recommended again

[@johjoh9270]

comment posted 3 years ago, possibly near 4, nice

[@piccalillipit9211]

*ITS THE SPEED THAT AMAZES ME - 10.5kts* Over the ground, 8.4 over the sea - in those conditions... Thats 20Kmph - or 480Km per day...

[@TheNguyenGiap]

They´ll be at a monestary near you :)

[@ahyakal]

0:52 Wind coming from P128

[@dannobo9014]

Really beautyfull. I really love how she takes waves from the sides and just wobbles em off. It shows that it has been built properly. Though i would not call that a storm, thats just a rainy day as far as the north sea goes.

[@martinmartin8666]

Rode a boat before and it gives me bad anxiety when i can't see land anymore . this guys are calm af in the middle of the sea,not to mention a storm.

[@jamesharding3459]

It's a quite a bit more reassuring when you've got several thousand tons of steel and some big fucking turbines under you instead of a few tons wood and a bedsheet.

[@a64738]

You get used to it :) After a while it kind of feel nice with just the ocean all around you when you are confident in your navigations skills and know where land is without seeing it. Did sail entire Norwegian coastline in a small 28ft sailboat and non of us had more then 1 hour experience when we started :)

[@InGratiaDei]

0:52 It would be centuries before modern man would rediscover Viking digital technology.

[@Privateer_24]

😂😂😂

[@alfreddaniels3817]

Briljant design, moves like dream, fantastic on the rudder.

[@andrewtrip8617]

I think it’s a starboard rather than a rudder .

[@doggovision8765]

There is a star in the Northern sky, Viewed by brave men sailing, There to steer their mighty ships, Pushed by winds unfailing.

[@zoutewand]

From what is this

[@HaydenPK]

I'd also like to know!

[@grabarz941]

Looks like this ship is built solely for that kind of weather.

[@mister_grizzlee5105]

Well...basically yes =))

[@siggelindell1931]

No

[@steenjacobsen1474]

They also cheat with an engine and prop.

[@rbvfeehfbudenrj]

No way Sherlock

[@dannobo9014]

Your right, and what your seeing is not a storm, its simply a rainy day on the north sea. I work out there on oil riggs so i know.

[@davejob630]

It looks like she runs well before the wind. And crests those waves effortlessly.

[@dubab.249]

Na ovim brodovima jedrenje je 90 % patnje i 10% uživanja. Ovo je samo za one koji baš žele, žele vjetar, jedrenje... bez bikini djevojaka. Bravo Vikinzi

[@nortyfiner]

I once saw a Nimitz class aircraft carrier doing the same thing during a NATO wargame back in 92. When the North Sea gets mad, doesn't matter how big your ship is; you're just a cork.

[@jamesharding3459]

Gotta feel sorry for the escort crews. It cannot be fun to have half your ship underwater.

[@nortyfiner]

@@jamesharding3459 All but one of our escorts (USS Bainbridge) ran for port. Bainbridge tried to stay with us and damn near capsized. 4 consecutive 45 degree rolls and lost a guy overboard. They couldn't even try to look for him.

[@jamesharding3459]

@@nortyfiner Jesus Christ. Just one more reason I'm glad I joined the Army and not the Navy.

[@heuhen]

@@nortyfiner There is an picture somewhere on the internett of an Norwegian Frigate of Solo class (based on a heavily modified Dealey class), It's a picture from the 70's, where the frigate is on the way inn from exercise in full storm/hurricane (Norwegian Navy low to have gun exercise in that type of weather, operate along the Norwegian coastline after all!), the frigate is on the way in from the ocean into a fjord, and the only thing you can see is the tip of the bow, and top of the mast, rest is behind or inside the wave!... It was also Normal that some of the crew staying in the forward section of the hull get injured...

[@lil__boi3027]

@@nortyfiner you telling me only one ship protected your carrier in this storm? Doesn't a aircraft carrier must have it's battlegroup with it no metter what?

[@MrWondowedi]

How they built the ship, how they sailed it in high seas, were clearly shown. These are proving that Vikings were great people.

[@scum5]

Vikings weren't a people

[@heavyglassglass]

@@scum5 "Vikings were the Norse people" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings

[@nordiconly5430]

heavyglassglass viking is an activity, usch as exploring or go out raiding, They are called Norsemen

[@frankvandendool882]

Untill they rape your woman brutally and steal all your sh*t. Let's see how great you think they are then.

[@heavyglassglass]

@@nordiconly5430 you're wrong and you're a liar

[@Spootnik]

Most of us haven't lived nearly as much as a Viking lived for 1 day at sea

[@jamesharding3459]

Oh, I quite prefer having several thousand tons of steel and some big fucking turbines under my feet to some wood and rope. Still, not terribly reassuring when everything forward of the superstructure is underwater.

[@jonnyj.]

@@jamesharding3459 Way less cool imo

[@jamesharding3459]

@@jonnyj. Say that after you watch a live-fire ex in person. Hours of boredom, and then it’s all worth it when the 5” goes off.

[@masteryoda535]

Thats the sad turth

[@3ddevelopment979]

And their average live expectancy was 30 years

[@DolanOk]

Cold icy island with nothing but glaciers: Hey babe wanna come over? Draken: naw I'm doing something Island: well there's nothing useful here and it's completely abandoned Draken: *NORTH SEA IT IS*

[@jimgritty7064]

Relationship status: it's complicated

[@MonTube2006]

You express yourself the way a dumb robot would

[@Gabriel-br4qe]

@@MonTube2006 that’s oddly specific lol

[@davemitchell6281]

oil?

[@roadboat9216]

That is one beautiful riding vessel. Love it! Wish I were there. I have voyaged on my own 46 14m ketch. But not the same as the grace of this vessel.

[@vondagrubb4623]

Love to all of you! NOTHING like being on the open sea!!!

[@nathanparry8315]

She rides the storm beautifully. So stable in the swells.

[@MrChValery]

25 years I worked in the North Atlantic, I know what is it. This men are brave, because very hard to be on the open deck under wet strong end cold wind, working, trying to sleep even some time day by day.

[@sjorskettmann7914]

Awesome video. And I can definitely understand that weather condition like that are hard to deal with on a ship like that, however that is far, very far from a real north sea storm. Still amazing content though

[@Rolykit]

She is extremely seaworthy, what a ship she is, also the brave men on board this wooden ship. Props!

[@estradiolvalerate8925]

No cellphones in sight. Just people living in the moment.

[@jonathan9509]

So how did it get recorded? LOOOOOL gg

[@christianriddler5063]

@@jonathan9509 With a camera you ape...

[@jonathan9509]

Christian Riddler damn you’re even more dumb than the guy saying the comment🤣 gg

[@christianriddler5063]

@@jonathan9509 How?

[@jonathan9509]

Christian Riddler it went right by your head LOL

[@Walklikelions]

This is how I feel when im sailing the ocean in Valheim.

[@RottenFlesh-we6nu]

Yup

[@ВикторГешев-ф5н]

As you sail back home from a long journey, through stormy black seas and treacherous winds, your longship slashes through the waves as if it were a serpent. Cold, wet and hungry you gaze upon the distant shores when a colossal wave crashes into your ship, turning it over. As your ship tries to capsize you remember the strife and the hardships that you survived of yet, but now there is no time for salvation, Helheim is now going to take you in its cold depths. Even Odin can't save you now.

[@chris_chan6418]

I wish they make episodes in this, So satisfying

[@caaaaaaaaaz]

Girls- "ugh i don't like norway, its so fricken cold there" Boys- ...

[@seventhflatfive]

Not viking girls, sorry dude. They'll just kick your ass.

[@Hubba404]

Your avatar gave me a kick in my nostalgia nuts!

[@dogzer]

@@Hubba404 GameSpy !!!!

[@benjamindover7399]

Also girls- "But I DO like those Vikings".

[@Kaeti20]

What? :D

[@dimvw484]

this was awesome. Thanks.

[@massiveagressive2574]

Gotta admit I really dig the modern nav equipment being added to this old beast at 0:51

[@jamesharding3459]

Navigating by a sextant is fun....as long as the other bloke is checking the GPS at the same time.

[@Pipsqwak]

Imagine sailing through a storm like that without the warm modern clothing, the GPS navigation, the ability to call for help, or even a way to tell if there was any land on the other side of all that water. The Norse had giant balls of stainless steel, no doubt about it.

[@elitemangudai1016]

Imagine having passed multiple storms as a Norse man and landing on the shore. You'd feel freaking invincible for so many reasons.

[@apandelescu]

sorely missing the crew member laughing at the storm while holding on to the boat's stern

[@AudieHolland]

Say, have you seen "Das Boot (1981)?"

[@Jordy1979]

Why hasnt this comment got more likes

[@oreilly1237878]

They were pretty hardy people the Vikings and so are these.

[@nomad963]

These guys are embracing their ancestors to the fullest! Bravo!

[@glennwhitt7375]

What beautiful ship& amazing crew ! Thanks guys for fueling my need for adventure.Godspeed and come up on the sails

[@julianv.5848]

MARVELOUS DRAGON SHIP, LOVE THE FOOTAGE, PLEASE KEEP IT COMING......SALUDOS! FROM THE BALEARIC ISLANDS OF SPAIN.....

[@william1Arma]

I wonder how the vikings avoied hypothermia in such conditions.

[@tripp121283]

Wool

[@william1Arma]

Soaked wool? yes , very warm. Especially with the icy winds and freezing temperatures.

[@amnesiahaze6470]

wear the skin of corpses and dead animals in thicc layers

[@tonydanis1480]

@@william1Arma Don't know if you're bein sarcastic, but wool retains its thermal abilities when wet. If you wear multiple layers, air get trapped in the fibers, providing exceptional insulation. I've slept outside on numerous occasions in totally soaked woolen blankets in pounding rain and been snuggly warm.

[@1965JB]

Chris Redfield yup, wet wool stays warm. It’s cotton that gets cold when wet.

[@michaelmcdonald3057]

Men and the sea. Nothing is more representative of human destiny. In the distant future, space will be the new oceans we will explore.

[@vrass775]

@Just Gofish Oh please we will survive Coronavirus, 90% of those who get it recover and while it might return in the future by then we will have a cure for it as well as a much better understanding of it and how to treat it.

[@eccosabanovic1589]

@Just Gofish here is corona virus, nicely patented ages ago, owned by Bill Gates Foundation....patents.google.com/patent/US10130701B2/en

[@Kostadin_Arolski]

@Just Gofish i had the virus. Im 25,went like a normal cold. I felt sicker from the medicine, than the virus it's self. Do you know how many people a year die from cold, old and unhealthy people. Me neither, but i assume it's a lot. And if they announced every death on tv 40 times, we would be panicing

[@bigtinyhomeadventurebigtin5201]

Flat Earth bra

[@bigtinyhomeadventurebigtin5201]

@Offset Event 201 dumb ass. Read and learn..

[@grossmeister1181]

Looks like a calm and relaxing cruise for those Vikings. Erik the Red would be proud!

[@hungarianviking8713]

I would have loved to join those guys. Somehow it just feels right and I just wanna be a part of it.

[@donradimir]

They gotta be the best pirates I've ever seen

[@hackneysaregreat]

Great ship! Great crew!

[@ГеннадийЛогвин-ч8ш]

Я не заметил в их глазах страха . Крепкие ребята . Браво !

[@user-ni3zl1ir6u]

Вы представляете, какими были мужчины во времена такого судостроение? Имею ввиду не только моряков.

[@aristoteles1377]

Régen a férfiak bátrak, és kemények voltak!

[@Swisswoods]

Grew up in Helmsdale, Sutherland. I’ve seen the North Sea when it’s angry, and even modern ships are afraid. They were brave indeed to sail it in an open boat, in any weather. Huge respect. And thanks for the name of our village grandpaps, til Valhalla ....

[@sheepdog1102]

Beautiful sight to see 😊

[@HeavensGremlin]

What a great achievement... Well Done..!

[@docal2]

Wait a second, how come my drakkar in Valheim doesn't come with digital displays?!

[@schlookie]

The old Vikings sailed to New Foundland in much smaller versions of these with no gps or even maps, and modern clothes. Mind blowing stuff!

[@t16205]

They navigated by the stars

[@Wasatch95]

I followed Draken for a bit with a plane back when she was in Lake Michigan years ago. You could tell from the air that she was not a small vessel but I never realized just how big she actually is.

[@ThePointlessBox_]

we're going to the beach girls: ''OMG LETS PLAY VOLLEYBALL'' boys:

[@Pados_music]

Boys: let's drink bear.

[@darfielddossers6]

ThePointlessBox_ anyone who says the boys are cringe af

[@areyouarobotz]

Someone hasn't seen top gun

[@kostaszax4849]

@@Pados_music ούζα ρε τι μπύρες χαχα άντε και τσιπούρα

[@jabronipepparoni1585]

Fun Fact: Viking ships were built in a way to be almost impossible to flip

[@flyingfox10001]

bullshit statement!

[@Stefanoitch]

Most ships are

[@uskoui3465]

Nah bro you must do your research again but they have the most strong ships

[@aftar85]

@@Stefanoitch dan

[@aftar85]

@@Stefanoitch dan

[@freekmusbach8722]

Amazing truly amazing!

[@johnharmison8090]

Beautiful video. Off the charts fun. Blast into the past!

[@PellewPhotography]

This is incredible; brilliantly sailed, team!

[@mostirrational]

Stable ground must feel weird for those guys when they're back on land.

[@DreadX10]

Yep, getting land-sick is a thing after a couple of days/weeks of this.

[@ulture]

@@DreadX10 even if you've only been out for a day you feel like your bed is rolling

[@HubbaBuddah]

Holy shit people were tough back then, this just makes me realize how hard EVERYTHING was at that time.

[@alexborovskiy3873]

Крепкий корабль! Мужественная команда! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@fwcolb]

I met an Icelander once in a remote part of the Celebes (Indonesia). He was not a big man but a fisherman by profession and one of the toughest men I have ever met. If British, he would have been a candidate for the SAS. My father was born in Newfoundland, a hard, tough man like these neo-Vikings, killed in action in WWII while serving as a military policeman. His ancestry was Cornish, but his surname was Norse, anglicized, and of course not "Badger". The question to ask these men is, "Did you feel fear?" You would not get the same answer from them. But for most, fear is transformed into something else. I felt it the first day I set out in a sailing boat when the wind and waves caught hold of us tossing us about, something primitive, elemental, riding fate but not controlling fate. Sailing through chaos, uncertain if we would reach our destination. Was Norse mythology the product of such adventures or did the mythology dare the Norse to set out on such adventures? I would guess that in the beginning Norse mythology was the product of shared experience. The need to understand fate and free will. "If I cannot change what threads the Norns have spun to influence my fate, all that is left for me is to decide my attitude when I meet whatever fate the Norms spin and strive to shape my own destiny." And then, once formed, the mythology inspired the adventures. This does not mean the Vikings lacked practical reasons for exploration and conquest, but does explain how their psyches were able to withstand the dangers. The Spartans, Huns and Mongols, Zulus and Polynesians all ventured abroad exposing themselves to unknown dangers. This probably means that all people can learn to face their fears and learn to ride what fate brings. We all have the capacity, but in the cocoon of modern society most of us do not need to develop such toughness in the face of danger.

[@sinkswim1798]

This mans have balls of steel and the ship is beast

[@JizzyF83]

I can’t imagine the first time they sailed out in the ocean. No protection or safety precautions

[@peterpekelo3779]

And they didn’t even know where they were going and if they were going somewhere

[@1SGCarter]

Wrong. Who needs safety when the gods are watching? Should be enough protection.

[@Braapncamp]

Just beautiful ❤️💪🏻

[@turbofoams]

"through stormy black seas they raided these shores"

[@CageyMoose]

Such a great video! I could honestly watch hours of this voyage in this challenging weather.

[@FlatlandMando]

Beautiful motion of hull on the waves. And considerable speed from that double - ender

[@andreasa3622]

Thats definetly not a storm!😂 just a little windy, greetings from a fisherman in the north sea

[@xXCybranXx]

No you are right. But for sailing without motor its still not easy

[@andreasa3622]

I think it would be worse having to use a sail with no wind ;)

[@gustavoaguiar9688]

After watching this, my beard start growing fast!

[@ersoy4210]

Vikings had worse conditions than those nice outfited sailors and after challange with waves they were keeping energy for swords and axes☺️

[@chriseggenberger]

The amount the mast moves is incredible! So use to seeing extremely rigid masts on modern sailboats.

[@gundalfthelost1624]

The "floating" mast on old longship were one of the major things that allowed them so sail across open oceans in what is essentially a flat bottomed vessel. Instead of pushing the entire boat side to side etc the mast absorbs a lot of the movement. I've been on a reconstructed viking longship in Norway, the people who built it said it took over a year just to find the perfect tree for the mast with the exact right properties. People knew how to build stuff back then, pretty amazing.

[@_4unga4anga_re91]

Это очень мужественные ЛЮДИ....я бывал в ШТОРМЕ....Разум и знания, всплывают вдруг из ниоткуда, если не терять самообладания....РЕСПЕКТ ПАРНИ!!!!!

[@MrHalvnir]

Sailing in this weather will definately seperate the "Boys' from "The Men".

[@technux5382]

or make men out of the remaining boys

[@bruta]

clicked too fast, was expecting to see a kraken

[@chitlika]

So were Republican voters but the supreme court kyboshed that

[@lasersummit7895]

@@chitlika So obsessed 🤣

[@michaelwashington2682]

I'll be crying like a baby in the North Sea 😭

[@riverman33]

ahahaha

[@kimpirihi]

I'd be standing in my own vomit

[@WarhammerWings]

I would start singing.

[@seanvosler9974]

me and the boys on Valheim headin to get some iron

[@6Alpha-yankie_novemberdy2n]

What a ride that must be.. She's beautiful

[@Richard-dg7bf]

Are they running downwind? You'd think they'd broach in the following seas.

[@northmanlogging2769]

bow and stern are nearly the same shape, i.e big tall pointy thing... following seas a negligible concern, getting swamped from a side wave far more likely as the boats largely had low sides to enable rowing that and square rigged makes running close to the wind difficult at best, safer to run downwind, pretty much any thing remotely into the wind your looking at oars on one of these boats

[@djursnas]

It have no keel, on keel no broach

[@Richard-dg7bf]

www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/education/all-about-the-viking-ship/the-hull-of-the-ship/keel-and-stem

[@Richard-dg7bf]

www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/education/all-about-the-viking-ship/the-hull-of-the-ship/keel-and-stem

[@Nemo-m2o]

Мужики вы в Англию, как обычно?!

[@ФугасийНеимба]

на файф-о-клок решили скататься))

[@Anudorini-Talah]

no, just rush B next time

[@graham2631]

She's alive what a beauty see her decks heave an roll the men who sail them very alive people. May we meet in Valhalla on our feet sword in hand. THANK YOU TO ALL HAD A HAND IN BUILDING HER SHE'S BEAUTIFUL

[@jeff_n1535]

Vikings were MASTER boat-builders! See how that longboat replica just rides the waves, hardly one breaking o'er the gunwhales. Good SEA-MAN-SHIP!

[@southcoastride3959]

Balls! You guys are real heroes sailing like this!

[@punisherdutton1354]

Thousand years later these sons of Odin are still as tough as their forefathers.

[@adelarsen9776]

Just an ordinary day out on the north sea really.....

[@picsordidnthappen]

Yep, rough seas rather than a fully fledged storm. Note how much effort it costs today's people to control and steer the boat. Imagine how tough actual Vikings had to be in order to deal with these conditions day in day out for months at a time being cold and soaked all the time. Also, these guys are using some modern equipment (GPS, harnesses etc.) in addition to being physically much stronger than people back in the Viking Era.

[@adelarsen9776]

picsordidnthappen And let's not forget the diesel engine that this vessel has.

[@adelarsen9776]

@Benaiah Dandel 8A They use both at once. It saves fuel.

[@humanoid2423]

The Vikings are at it again 😀

[@VHOS-db1td]

Modern Vikings!👍❤️🇬🇷🇧🇻🇸🇪🇩🇰🇮🇸

[@manolios]

explorers those past days had nerves of steel. Today this Draken is equipped with many modern appliances

[@Kitiwake]

When I was a kid these were called "norse". now it's "vikings".... Or am I that old.?

[@ThomasDoubting5]

No its done on purpose to divide understanding between generations. Its a rotten academic practice i personally disagree with strongly.

[@solverh]

Norse is the correct term, since “viking” means a Norse pirate. Not all Norse were vikings. Sadly the word “viking” sells a lot better it seems then “Norse”.

[@SebHaarfagre]

@@solverh Viking doesn't mean Norse pirate. "Å gå viking" = "To go viking". "Vik" = "Inlet". It's a "verbification" of the place you launched the boats. A Viking was anyone aboard/part of an expedition by boat, whether it was for trading or for looting. "Norse" is the Roman denomination for people of the general Norwegian geographical area. It became the common denomination for vikings, because it most often was synonymous. The Danes, Jutes, Goths and Suebis went viking as well, however comparatively they were a far less seaborne people than the Norsemen/Nordmenn. Please don't spread misinformation. The eastern Scandinavian vikings, for instance, became known as Varangians abroad. The Goths (today's central/southern Sweden and historically across the sea) had mutual significant influence in Northern Germany. The Visigoths and Ostrogoths were direct descendants/intermingled from/to Scandinavia. Before Rome collapsed completely, they even had for a period De Facto control over all of Italy including Switzerland and parts of Austria, Aquitaine and the Iberian Peninsula. The Goths ended up in Carthage after being forced out by the aftermath of the Huns. The basically migrated and assimilated. Later the Vandals did the same journey. Crimea (Theodoro) was the last Gothic stronghold outside of Scandinavia, annexed by either the Russians or Ottomans (can't remember) during the 15th century. Somehow, people of Scandinavian ancestry have had a great tradition of fighting against each other, brother against brother. Anyways I'm going off topic. For the purpose of this vessel, these sailors might as well be called vikings. The only discrepancy being that they launched from a wharf at a small island outside the coast, not from a fjord or inlet settlement which would be the norm back then... And Norse is a cultural denomination, not a profession or action.

[@johnmartlew5897]

SebSk .....thank you!

[@IndronilBanerjee]

Afik the word norse means oar but I might be mistaken.

[@shannyjackson9206]

how would even half the crew survive a long journey like this in ancient times

[@e2rqey]

Its insane to think about the stuff that they pulled off. Not to mention actually building a ship like this with no modern tools, or math. And actually knowing where you are going is a whole other thing. Also no actual waterproof clothing or packaged foods that don't go bad or get wet. Or fresh water. insane

[@outtastock922]

Viking Girls: Equal pay! Viking Boys: ...

[@FFM0594]

A big sea, but not a storm. Nice weather for being on deck and appreciating warm beds, fires, dry clothes, cocoa and other simple things.

[@Patriotic327]

Ryan Brue here 3rd gen from a Norwegian immigrant to America. No wonder I have been into sailboats, canoes, and Kayaks. It’s in my blood.