Longships: Vikings' Incredible Naval Engineering

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@peterflynn9123 Жыл бұрын

Excellent description- from a boat builder

@DawkedUpProductions Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really wanted to be faithful and respectful to the process as I could.

@ohlordy2042 26 күн бұрын

I gather the length of these boats was limited by the length of available straight oak that could be hewn into a single piece keel i.e. the Gokstad ship has a 56 foot long, single piece Oak keel. Various authors have suggested that sufficiently tall, straight Oak trees to make such a keel would have been extremely rare and reserved only for the most important and prestigious ships. The fact that the Gokstad ship was used as a burial for an exceedingly wealthy and important person perhaps supports the assertion that this was an unusually long and impressive ship for the era. Is that your understanding of the limitations of ship sizes in the 9th and 10th centuries? I presume the later long boats of 35-37m length must have been made using a different technique (I.e multi-piece keels).

@Ian-mj4pt Ай бұрын

True craftsmanship and experience to do what they did and where they managed to sail to .

@swedishpsychopath8795 Ай бұрын

Incredible that Norwegian Vikingins spread the viking era from Lofoten (Lofotr) to the rest of the world! (and making settlements in other scandinavic countries on their way).

@Ian-mj4pt Ай бұрын

Definitely up there with the other great civilisations. They truly put their mark on the northern hemisphere.

@chrismaurer2075 12 күн бұрын

For years we were told that my siblings and I were German . My brother sent away for one of the DNA test's to know for sure and to our surprise we are more than 30% Scandinavian . Even though there aren't too many places left to explore here in the states I now have great pride in my Heritage . I plan on building a longship model from scratch for my Grandson's so they will understand their heritage .

@JonEyv Ай бұрын

Had no idea they also had other kind of ships my lack of knoweledge on many topics is awesome

@Matt-wl9gc Жыл бұрын

Great video! Full of great information, and very detailed. Keep up the great work!

@mikebunner3498 3 ай бұрын

An amazing video of a group of people were special.......

@Andrea-pm3dy Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@outfromtheshadows Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this, thank you.

@physforfun 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Also enjoyed seeing the picture of the Kvalsund Ship outside Sunnmøre Museum in my dear hometown Ålesund in Norway. Keep up the good work! Lots of details - appreciated! I wondered if the high stem and stern also served as protection from arrows - like an enourmous shield. That is not only to handle big waves without getting problems with green water - but also a great shield forward and aft. I must admit I haven't found any evidence to support this - but cannot help thinking that this was also a great thing with the ship design🤓