Fancy an Authentic Viking Ship?

[Stringmaker]

Well you can have one, courtesy of the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum who will make you one:

"If you’ve ever dreamed of powering through the waves on a Viking longboat like Ragnar Lothbrok, axe at your side, ready to terrorise some unsuspecting Englishmen, then stow away your pillow and dream no further."

http://cphpost.dk/news/museum-selling-viking-ships-to-the-public.9692.html

Here's your options:

http://culturenordic.com/products-page/the-viking-ship-museum/a-viking-ship/

"Prices are provided upon request."

Must be worth a group buy!

 

[HillBill]

Wonder if these prices include postage....

Skuldelev 6
(12 meters, 7 pair of oars and sail): €250,000 - €400,000

The Large Gokstad
(10 meters, 6 pair of oars and sail): €113,000 – €160,000
The Little Gokstad
(6,5 meters, 2 pair of oars, sail): €33,000 – 53,000

 

[Dogoak]

Group buy?

 

[Dreadhead]

i'm in for a group buy

 

[Stringmaker]

What I liked was the "add to bag" button, as if you were just buying a length of paracord for a couple of quid.

"Honey I bought a boat!"

 

[Tengu]

In short, no.

Everyone has a replica Viking ship these days, its like owning an AC Cobra kitcar.

Give me my junk.

 

[Qwerty]

For the real connoisseur and something more practical, the Norwegian Oselver is a little gem (and fits nicely on a trailer)
http://www.google.ie/search?q=oselv...FF-fe7AbA4oHgCA&ved=0CCUQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=611

 

[tamoko]

Not interested to own one, and I don't have enough experience in sailing large historical ships, but it was very interesting option to make "bushcraft viking trip" on ships like this, somewhere across Norwegian coast.

 

[Elgatoloco]

Tenner in!

i have no idea about sailing, but got an axe and am ready to terrorise and plunder!

 

[Stringmaker]

I've been to the Roskilde Museum and sailed on the fjord in one of their replica ships.

What I like about the "mail order ship" is that it is built by people who know what they are doing, on the site where their ancestors have been building ships before them.

It is the continuity of the craft that appeals; anyone can build a "replica" held together with 6-inch nails and caulked with insulating foam, but one of these oozes Viking tradtion.

 

[Tiley]

For the real connoisseur and something more practical, the Norwegian Oselver is a little gem (and fits nicely on a trailer)
http://www.google.ie/search?q=oselv...FF-fe7AbA4oHgCA&ved=0CCUQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=611

Now those are really, really pretty. I bet they sail well, too...

 

[boatman]

My take on a Peter Boat a small Saxon/Viking Dark Age boat, she is called Heimdal

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/openboat/photos/albums/1023365024/lightbox/1152492702

 

[Tor helge]

How about a Nordlandsboat instead. Probably a lot cheaper and an "modern" heir to the viking ship.

 

[Stringmaker]

Lovely creation.

 

[clay*pigeon]

https://www.facebook.com/LochFyneVikingFestival?fref=ts

How about this one then ?