Sutton Hoo Viking Ship Replica

[mtaylor]

Work is going on on the replica.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-59236347

[Louie da fly]

Yes, I've been following her progress on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/saxonship - fascinating stuff. You can even pay to own one of the iron rivets holding her together.

 

But not - NOT - a Viking ship. She's Anglo-Saxon (well, Anglian, actually).

 

Steven

[Louie da fly]

 

[Louie da fly]

Inside the long shed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cRspPEw3sY

Cleaving a log - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3LvvoSzsjw

Making the Garboard strake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB62jxhazqo

Fixing the garboard strake -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkNDsE4DlE0

Using a finishing axe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eYV-sZFUnE

 

By the way, you can see two of these finishing axes (and one "woodaxe" - far left), plus another, short-handled axe, an awl and a bow-drill in this panel from the Bayeux Tapestry - 

 

Steven

Edited May 5, 2022 by Louie da fly

[Louie da fly]

More videos:

 

Installing the sternpost - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTkjpaRhRkI

Stern underloute delivery and beginning shaping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTkjpaRhRkI

Delivery of keel log: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VbuEzcAtJ4

Placing finished keel on strongback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1DvxSOo4Ps

Using a spoon auger (as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry excerpt above - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9SGZBdKbK4

 

 

 

Steven

 

 

Edited May 7, 2022 by Louie da fly

[Louie da fly]

Here's an opportunity! Anyone live in Suffolk?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM8npYuqt2s

 

 

And https://saxonship.org/getting-involved/visit/

 

Steven

[Louie da fly]

Researching rowing technique: 

 

[Louie da fly]