What Is a Faering Used for?

[@TheSapier]

I love your videos, it's a bit hard to find information without reading 50 page essays on one ship. Keep it up!!

[@melhawk6284]

Would make a nice little rescue boat, for nasty little shallow spots. Stable as a rock, from what ive heard, and fast, which could be vital!

[@leclubdaventuredoutre-mer]

Yes, it would be well-suited to go into shallow areas with rocks just below the surface. It is its natural environment as it is much like the Norwegian fjords that can go from very deep to shallow in moment and where the currents makes stability paramount.

[@aNaturalist]

They are definitely beautiful boats!

[@edwilliams5858]

I own a 20' Faering, but I'm having a difficult time finding a historically correct square sail for it.

[@ignazgyulai8959]

The Vikings brought their boats across the North Sea to the Shetlands. There the (Brit versions) of these small boats are known as a "Fouraroon" (or "Fourareen"), and the 6 oared version is a "Sixaroon". Very similar hulls, just with lowered stem and stern posts.

[@pikethree]

I have a Ness Yoal with a gaff rig, its really a fouraroon im told, from the Shetland islands. I will be repairing the rotten bits with epoxy once shes dried out.

[@pikethree]

Edit, wonderful video and subbed, cheers.

[@danielmalooly1405]

Great videos

[@schlatschel9428]

Greetings

[@johan96149]

These boats are not symmetrical fore and aft.

[@richardteale3217]

…….When the world was a much better place.

[@andriesscheper2022]

Read your history. Don't assume it was romantic.