viking ship lines drawings

Stahlgrim · Post by **Stahlgrim** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:49 am

Does anyone have a set or know where I can get a set of lines drawings for a viking ship? I decided to put my boatbuilding schooling to use and am trying to find a good set of plans.I have plenty of detailed drawings from various refference books but not one set of lines drawings.

Cap'n Atli · Post by **Cap'n Atli** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:39 pm

Do you intend to build something full-scale, a model, or scaled down?

If you're planning on scaling something down you might want to read my comments at: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~eowyn/longship/ ... iking.html .

If you're planning something full size, how big are you planning on, and how many crew can you regularly recruit to run the vessel. These days (as opposed to the '60s) there are a wide variety of examples to follow, so at least we can suggest which trees to bark up!

Steinolf · Post by **Steinolf** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:09 pm

This site has some for sale.
http://vikingships.tripod.com/index.htm

Steinolf

Stahlgrim · Post by **Stahlgrim** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:17 pm

Well,I was thinking of something I could build myself so no 80'ers probably a nice 20' to 30'loa (I am leary about just scaling down one of the big girls)I want something I could conceivably sail with a skelaton crew of five or six I have sailed in an open 30' lifeboat along the maine coast with a crew of twelve but that was a little too cozy it was all good once we needed to row though.Keep in mind my location most of my sailing is now in lakes in central florida rather than the north atlantic where I learned to sail.my biggest danger will be gators and not foulweather.

thanks
Stahlgrim
My wife is accusing me for taking on another project just to get more tools

ULTRAGOTHA · Post by **ULTRAGOTHA** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:52 pm

Stahlgrim wrote:Well,I was thinking of something I could build myself so no 80'ers probably a nice 20' to 30'loa (I am leary about just scaling down one of the big girls)I want something I could conceivably sail with a skelaton crew of five or six I have sailed in an open 30' lifeboat with a crew of twelve but that was a little too cozy it was all good once we needed to row though.

There are detailed drawings of the Gokstad faering (20 feet) in a set of papers from the Greenwich Maritime Museum. Atli might have the title of that monograph.

The faering can be towed behind just about any car and has a crew of three.

If you want a boat that can handle 5 or 6 crew, you're looking at a 6- or 8-oared boat. I don't know where you'd find drawings for those. Try the Ship Museum in Oslo.

Cap'n Atli · Post by **Cap'n Atli** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:52 pm

Sunds like a faering or a sexeren. Our 21' faering can hold up to 5 and cruise very nicely with 3 or 4.

Plans for building a replica of the Gokstad Faering are in the National Maritime Museum; Maritime Monographs and Reports No. 11 Ã‚Â 1974 _The Building and Trials of the Replica of an Ancient Boat: THE GOKSTAD FAERING_ Part 1, Building the Replica. By Sean McGrail. Part 2 of the monograph details the results of the sea trials of the replica.
Enquiries on whether the monograph is still in print can be directed to:
The Museum Bookshop
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich
London
SE10 9NF
GREAT BRITAIN

( From: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~eowyn/longship/sites.html , which also contains more links and sites where you might find plans.)

I know the museum in Oslo sells beautiful plans of the Oseberg and Gokstad ships ('cause we have them) but I think you want something a little smaller.

I know VestRus is planning a sexeren and is working on a faering, so thay may have some further resources. ( http://vestrusvikingships.vikingagevessels.org/ ) Tell 'em Cap'n Atli sent you!

Stahlgrim · Post by **Stahlgrim** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:56 pm

Thank you for all your help! I knew you guys could point me in the right direction.