Hahah! To be fair... Floki's was about 1/5th the size of this beast (and he always seemed to be ALONE) how did this show even become popular, nevermind get made - realism out the window lol
As a carpenter and a kayaker I can appreciate the level of craftsmanship that has gone into this ship. Using the traditional methods of ship construction it is going to be a masterpiece and a source of pride for all involved.
@@fe02lix funny little fact, as an Englishman I'm very greatful for the Norwegians hard work in mastering the longboat, as when Vikings settled across Britian, they shared their ship building skills which lead the British to developing their own first naval fleet and an obsession of our own with ship building. Which eventually lead to the royal navy dominating the world. All started with the Viking longship, Crazy when you think about it like that.
The Hollywood image of barbaric Vikings simply becomes laughable in the face of this degree of craftsmanship, and the social resources and organization that would have been needed to facilitate such construction and design.
I agree hollywood is a humiliated and perverted circus that belittles so many cultures for its purpose. The real problem is that fake history does the exact same in order to hide the incompetence, failure and autocracies of certain governments.
No Who really does? most modern day theories are based on old manuscripts and analysts of old artifacts. I'm certain a great deal of educated guessing has gone into what we think the ancients did.
Zzzz, a Norse tool box was found not too long ago. It was intact and full of tools. Most of them were easily recognizable by modern hand tool woodworkers. A lot of that stuff hasn't changed for centuries. Modern tools makers can mass produce these things with greater accuracy but the core tools haven't changed. The main difference between the way we build things today and the medieval times is that we have detailed drawn plans. Medieval builders tended to start with a broad plan but the individual measurements were based off of the previous step. They didn't have rulers or standardized measurements. They would use things like string or story sticks to ensure consistency. So, other than using a few things like modern drills and saws to save time, it looked like they stayed pretty true to the original methods as we understand it. Even at that, it looked like the bit they were using in the drill was forged and not modern. I do wonder just how many ships of this size were built during the Viking era. That is a lot of resources for one ship. The person that had a ship like that built would have to be extremely wealthy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4stermyr_chest www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/reviews/g1024/whats-inside-a-viking-tool-chest/?slide=7 These are just a few links to articles on the tool chests. The popular mechanics one has pictures of the find I was thinking of. I've seen things on youtube from woodworkers who looked over the tools.
AWESOME!!! Love the use of hand tools - excellent craftsmen. Much respect to the vikings who did this without modcons. Farmers, builders, shipwrights and warriors - real men!
There is one here in Kelowna BC Canada that was handbuilt many many years ago. It is sitting covered by tarps in a backyard of a lakefront home. It was built on the lake by the Jennens family and friends and taken to the coast and sailed to Greenland and then Newfoundland. It was about 20 meters long.
Such a phenominal project, the skill and patience in building such a fabulous craft is wonderful, the old skills are not dead, just updated! So well done folks, cannot wait to see finished ship! Thanks for sharing this.
I had the pleasure and privilege to work on the building of a replica of the Skuldelev 6 (much smaller than this one!) around the same time this was being constructed. Watching this video really reminded me of how fascinating that project was to be a part of, watching the ship come together over the months and all the intricacies.
AMAZING. Although using traditional techniques, these incredible craftsmen use some modern tools and equipment. Now imagine how 10th century Vikings built such an awesome boat...
This has me wondering, how many of these could a settlement even make in a year? These ships would be like the equivalent of buying a car more expensive than your house lol. These ships are just awesome. I did not understand why these ships were referred to as hi-tech or advanced until you guys explained the Clinker Build and how shallow that ship's drop into the water is (i don't know the term). Super advanced for their time!
I am trying to understand the economics of these ships. Their production required a substantial social structure to provide the industrial support needed to build such a ship; much less a fleet of such ships. Someone was: * harvesting timber; * splitting the logs; * making lumber; * mining iron ore; * smelting iron ore into iron; * forging iron into nails, rivets, and clench bolts; * building and maintaining the ship-building shed; * creating the tools for the miners, the lumberjacks, the smelters, the blacksmiths, and the shipbuilders; * producing the hemp; * producing the tar; * making the sails; * etc.
The builders were the warriors as well. Physical work for fitness. The key thing to remember is that 100 men working on specialised tasks can build more ships than a modern bunch of enthusiasts.
@michael ryan Think of a Marine in aviation maintenance - they went to recruit training and basic infantry, went to A-school for their rate, and C-school. Not only are they proficient in combat, but also in maintaining aircraft engines. It can be applied to Vikings as we are certainly not the first to come up with this idea. In the military you get your journeyman after four years, or eight thousand hours in your rate/mos, if in a trade applicable rate/mos. USMAP provides a way to translate your experience worked in the military to a journeyman level. It is possible. Plus, Marines have PT outside of work frequently, so their work, PT, and school combined makes them handy. Again, we're not the first to think of this concept, so the idea of the warriors building their ships they use for warfare is a likely possibility. Keep in mind that it was their way of life, and if that's the case, you can become very dedicated to it, just as you are with your journeyman.
@michael ryan What I'm saying is, it's very possible to train someone in multiple fields of construction/maintenance. Keep in mind that this was their way of life, and had to adapt, so it isn't shooting for the stars to think that they would be proficient in additional crafts. If it's your way of life, you become very motivated, and especially if this is your whole life. They probably had people specifically trained for different jobs, but there's no doubt everyone was similarly trained.
Yes it was a large colective effort, but it was worth it a ship will bring loots of economic advantages as a trade, colony or viking (pirate/plunder) ship.
Wow...that's some pretty neat engineering and craftsmanship....i can see why the Vikings were so advanced and after building a few of these ships...they decided to go out and recoup some costs...plundering around the seas.
Have watched my grandfather and uncles building clinker boats in days not so long past it's a beutiful process just watching brings the smell of timber fresh worked. Well done all involved skills worth preserving making sutch an utterly beutiful ship
Tremendous skill went into the building of these ships. This is a fascinating video to watch on the process of building one of these ships. Thankyou for sharing.
so, two years old, I generally never bump old posts like this, but a klinker built katamaran? That I'd like to see! I have also been thinking about how to make use of the benefits the viking ship hull had, with new innovations. But I'm no boat builder
@@stianberg5645 I have seen some connected in the middle by a beam and tied down with rope to give some flexibility so thats the plan. I'm not a boat builder either just seems like a fun project to try.
@@Bshwag I see! What ideas will you draw on from the klinker-tradition? Or did you mean you got inspired by just watching boat building? I'd totally understand the mere inspiration, watching someone do their art of craftmanship is inspiring!
@@stianberg5645 really it's just boat building I enjoy building things in general. I'm using mostly ply wood but the prow and keel beam are basically big scarf joints I'm trying to make it as light as possible and in a way that lets me take it apart and move by hand. The final dimensions will be 24ft long by 12 feet wide. I also figured if I made it stiff it would break more easily so I'm trying to build in as much flexibility as I can. That idea came from viking long ships, They bend and flex in heavy waves.
It's the building of ships like these that gives a perspective on why sailors and seamen attached a life or sentience to their ships. I can't imagine how long this project would have taken without some of the modern equipment they used. The biggest thing to me is just trying to do the whole clinking operation without a powered drill.
If my memory is correct. The vikingship Museum in Roskilde Denmark, where they build the ships with the same tools and techniques as they did in the viking age, they have calculated that it would take around 10 men 100 days to build one ship.
You should check out the instragram page of the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. They get into detail how everything is done and they use the same tools to be historically accurate.
This was like a space ship compared to the ships a thousand years ago! Absolutely amazing, how did they achieve this in such a short time so long ago? Seems like the gods where on their side!
Fascinating. The joinery involved here is incredible. Love woodworking of any kind. I thought I read somewhere that corded lashings were used on the strakes in lieu of trunnails and clenched rivets. Is that correct or did the techniques change over the years and size of the ship? 35 meters is quite long and long wooden sailing ships in the 1600s and 1700s had problems with hogging of the keel?
The gods truly inspired the Viking craftsman to make such things of grace and beauty a 1000 years ago. And anyone who has seen one for them selves knows what I mean.
G’day I found that absolutely fascinating to watch and the skills of the men working on her, interesting the use of tar and hemp as a sealant and jointing glue. Thank you for filming it and explaining it well. John Tasmania Australia
It was not speed that was important , they would go at about 3mph or on a good day with the sail set 8 mph , ( 4.5 to 13 kph ) . The later figure is with the sail set and with the wind behind . Most of the time they would be rowed . And it was not till quite late, that is in the 8 th century that they did have a sail. Not until very late in the Norseman's history, would they have other ships attack them . The important thing was they could travel long distances. And were comparatively safe . On test with a modern copy, 20 men , which is a ton ) with the hull full half full of water , moving from side to side could not upset it .
Fantastic to see these beautiful ships being built again. I was lucky enough to visit the Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde in Denmark where they not only have recovered some ancient Viking ships from the harbour but also have a working museum, building new Viking ships of all sizes and demonstrating all of the crafts and trades required.
It would be interesting to have centre where ships of all countries in the world could be displayed. A world maritime centre, for education, training etc
I got to admit i can watch clips on boats, boat building and wood work all the time, but this one is special, all my favourite things and the wood work is on steroids. Great stuff fellas, many thanks to the uploader
They took wooden shipbuilding just about as far as it can go.Not only that they are incredibly beautifull.The whole thing is really a work of art as well as being extremely practical.Even today we could learn a lot from them.
I really enjoyed that video. It’s nice to have a video just full of information and good camera work. What a fantastic project. I would imagine the guys working on it we’re loving there job
Vikings landed all over the world. North America and New Zealand for a few. But because Vikings are white in a world where the privileged race is pushing for total eradication, it cannot be discussed or investigated how vikings traveled so far. The main motive is the non-white indigenous people's movement the privileged race is empowering as part of their goal for world domination.
@@TheBelrick New Zealand was not discovered until the 13th century. The Vikings were never anywhere near New Zealand. You don't need to reference them to evidence your point.
There was some tough dudes away back then. All done by hand and to brave the open seas in such a vessel. My friend and I always talk about the Vikings and Nords at lunch break. I think I could have survived it as I worked in the bush logging for 28 years of my life. Chainsaw and skidder at minus 35...I loved it. Grats on the ship guys..I would love to hang out there with you and maybe participate a little!
It is not "The largest viking ship in the world ". It is *The largest viking ship built in modern time*. "Roskilde 6" built around 1025 exceeds the length by around two meters.
Roskilde 6 may be a smidgen longer (36 m according to the Roskilde Museum web page, so maybe only 1 m longer) but this ship is twice as wide, so it is in fact much larger. However, that also makes it a questionable example of a longship, as it it wider than any known Viking ship - the really long longships were much more narrow - this ship is like a scaled up smaller vessel, perhaps based on the Gokstad ship dimensions or something.
Its not the largest its the longest, and its the one we have found so far, God really knows what giants they actually made, as its made of wood most of it is gone. Chinese had some monstrous behemoths in their times, with texts suggesting they even made it to America and returned successfully.
@@SMGJohn Yes, and the largest direct replica built is the Myklebust Ship replica, but they based their ship on sketchy evidence and it may in fact be bigger than the original ship, which is not preserved in the way the Gokstad ship is. They just scaled up the Gokstad and Oseberg ships to 30m and 6m width. That's how big their replica is, which makes it larger than The Sea Stallion from Glendalough, but considerably smaller than Dragon Harald Fairhair. It just baffles me that people wanna spend so much time and energy, use so much traditional workmanship and construction methods, yet make a complete fantasy ship not based on anything known - which is definitely the case with Dragon Harald Fairhair. Maybe they have the Thor Heyerdahl way of thinking; maybe they just wanted to prove that it _could_ have happened, and I guess they did prove that, but that doesn't mean it _did_ happen! The possibility of something is not evidence of something.
@Senapspiser Just wondering, just to make it clear. So longships are the ones vikings would typically use for raids and such? While wider were more for cargo/trading and exploration?
This is probably one of my most favorite technological advances in history, the vikings were far advanced for a culture with little reading and writing, most of the tales of accomplishments heard were through song or were written by monks later in time.. I wouldn't be surprised if they been touched by aliens...
Probably the technical process of obtaining copper is more complicated than iron. That is a question to the official history - Why then the Copper Age was "before" the Iron Age?
The problem isn't with the nails rusting away. It is that the salt water reacts with the iron in the wood, causing the wood to rot out. I forget the technics term.
I remember this giant Viking boat. I could have boarded it outside Auklandshamn in Sveio When it was on a tour from Haugesund towards Stord. The comparison between this boat and a boat at 14feet is huge. It's big in the video, but in real life this Viking ship is gigantic huge in size. Incredible to be honest. :D
I know it’s a joke, but it isn’t really safe to take a vessel of this size into the North Sea. They were designed for naval combat close to home, and were unsafe to use in very large waves. The large crew requirement also makes supplying an ocean crossing difficult. The ships used in the Viking raids were smaller, narrower and deeper.
@@luxborealis wow dude, I didn’t know that. I assumed that a bigger boat was more protected from rough seas? Also I figured they’d sail it along the French coast and cross near Dover.
@@Inquisitor_Vex dont count on that nonsense, he has no clue. Of couse that longboat can sail any sea. Our ancestors crossed the North Atlantic thousands of times trading with Greenland, during three hundred years! In our time exact copies succesfully crossed the Atlantic several times.
@@luxborealis Please keep your ignorant nonsense to yourself. These constructions are perfectly seaworthy vessels, which has been proven several times by crosssing the Atlantic Ocean!
Amazing, wish the video would have shown the ship brought to completion. I think there was a lot more a lot of people would like to have seen about this project.
an eccentric millionaire dude who watched a lot of history channel and thought "vikings are cool i want to dress up as one and hire people to build a ship for me" no joke thats honestly what happened.
I'm pleased this old shipbuilding craft is kept alive. Similarly, after contact with Europeans, ancient Pacific Islanders gradually stopped making long distance sailing canoes. Fortunately, before the last of the builders died, they made detailed models of their best boats. Magnificent artifacts, I saw one in a traveling gallery of Gauguin's art at the Seattle Art Museum a few years ago.
im norwegain, and live in live in the same county as "Haugesund", my father studied at the wood boat/ship craftmanship school, so boats have naturally always been a big part of my life, in fact when i was a kid back in 2010, my father and iwent to visit some of his friends who coincidentally worked at this ship and i got to see it in its early construction days like shown in this video
When they made a Viking ship in Denmark, they used tools from around the year 1000. In the Viking Age, it is believed that this work could be completed in 7 months. In addition came the production of tar, ropes, sails, colors etc. It took the Viking Ship Museum's boat builders 4 years (2000 - 2004) to build the Sea Stallion. The museum spent the same number of hours, but these were distributed among fewer men and over several years.
Regarding shipbuilding ---- it seems to me that Great Britain "ruled the waves" for centuries, because of the many "uninvited guests" who came to England from Scandinavia during the earlier period of 793 AD through about 1100 AD.
