Capt Johnson. It was lovely to see your beautiful vessel. From the way you have described your various nautical adventures and experiences I thank you for sharing your visual experiences from your locations and your various sailing plans you have experimented with on your beautiful handcrafted longboat.. may gentle breeze’s and fair-winds, grace and caress your sails as you journey throughout your life and waterways. I also have had an opportunity of sailing small Scandinavian in their appearance, and designs of vessels that have been built from modern materials such as fibre glass and resins . I have come to realise and appreciate the basic construction of design of the first sailing vessels constructed from wood and animal skins.
Great boat and great video! I've never been to northern Europe, but i live on a fjord in Alaska. The winds are either blowing up the fjord or down the fjord, so it makes sense to me that the Norse would row upwind, sail downwind, and leave the reaching and beating to non-fjord-dwelling civilizations. I started building an Oughtred Elfyn, I need to get it finished...
Very interesting to see a Gokstad færing beeing built and used in the NW of America. And your experiments with various sail configurations confirms that boats and sails are developed locally dependet on weather conditions and intended usage. Having grown up on the west coast of Norway on an island I grew up with rowboats and boat building was part of the local culture. I have attached the Wiki link to the most popularised rowboat type these days, the Oselvar, which has been built in Os south east of Bergen. The Wiki page in norwegian has more external links than the english version. The boatbuilders tailor made their boats dependent on the owners length and the intended usage. Fishing, transport of people or goods, in calm waters inshore or offshore in open waters. The sail size and type was also dependent on the local wrather conditions. In the long deep fjords with high towering mountains on each side with extreme fall winds could capsize a sailing rowboat in seconds. Therefore the tension on the sail, normally a lug sail, was held by hand in order to let go and let the wind out of the sail with in seconds. There are local boat building traditions all the way along the norwegian coastline from north to south and they all have a design dependent on local weather conditions and intended usage of the boat. The Oselvar is traditionally built with three boards which has to come from fair sized pine trees. Enjoy! And I hope the Oselvar links can be a door opener to living boat building tradition in Norway Knut no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oselver
Master Johnson (or should I say Johansen?), sharing your historical & technical seafaring knowledge via this video has been both fascinating & a rare privilege, Sir. What a wonderful project! May Njord keep you & your faering safe 🧜♂️
Oh but it does. max 5 HP but it helps alot going against the wind. But its really faster to row going with it Ht me up if you want to AirBNB it, the name of the place is Leknessund, Solund. Life vests are compulsory, the big north sea is straight in from the west so choose your time to go boating!
Very nice job doing this video! FYI, both of my parents families came from Norway. I have been living in Minnesota since 1978 when I moved here from California. I was born on a naval Air station in Washington State, which I think is interesting in that my mother's family comes from Trondheim, Norway. That City was created more than a thousand years ago and 997, during the Viking age. It had its 1000th anniversary in 1997. My father's family originates in the Balestrand or Fjearland fjord area. Again, I'm very grateful for your video and find it very interesting. I have a sense that I would have done something like this had my circumstance been different growing up. Sometime I make contact you privately to exchange stories and genealogy. Tusen Takk.
Great information here, Thank You. I built Iain Oughtred's Elfyn Faering over the winter of 2021. I am in my second season of enjoying this wonderful design and have come many of the same conclusions as you. I built mine specifically for fishing the rivers and near coastal areas of Oregon, have been out in 3' seas 8 seconds apart and she handles them wonderfully. I am needing to replace my kabes, the oak I used is beginning to crack, what did you use? It looks like purple heart in the video.
Awesome video! It's hard to imagine the level of intent that not only research and build the boat, but accomodated the experimentation with the performance and comfort alterations. Seems that most of the faering replicas have been made with raised thwarts and tholes (oarloocks) and other items. Doesnt this effectively raise the CG of the vessel and question any conclusions on the original's range and performance... especially to weather, as a dingy sailor would be sitting on the floor to windward.
What planks were used? Traditional craft were made using split planks, made by splitting the log with axes and wedges, rather than sawing the planks. They are lighter and far more flexible, but take long to make and require more skill. Your boat looks to be made of modern, sawed planks
Being the family SUV... seating was likely bundles of firs which would be used for camping, the low free board was also efficient for loading and off loading, especially of livestock, another reason for the low initial stability... Vikings ponies could leap into battle directly from the ship a shock and awe technique often used during raids. 👣🕊👽
Sailing simplicity was critical as survival demanded everyone needed to be fairly capable of handling the boats... sickness, disease, short life spans and war could easily remove more experienced individuals from small settlements. 👣🕊👽
No this is simply the most helpful video I’ve found when planning my viking inspired riverboat design
This boat is a true work of art.
Capt Johnson. It was lovely to see your beautiful vessel. From the way you have described your various nautical adventures and experiences I thank you for sharing your visual experiences from your locations and your various sailing plans you have experimented with on your beautiful handcrafted longboat.. may gentle breeze’s and fair-winds, grace and caress your sails as you journey throughout your life and waterways.
I also have had an opportunity of sailing small Scandinavian in their appearance, and designs of vessels that have been built from modern materials such as fibre glass and resins . I have come to realise and appreciate the basic construction of design of the first sailing vessels constructed from wood and animal skins.
Great piece of film for any boat builder. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much for sharing the information and video.
Quite educational, thanks for the well organized documentary. Answered many of my questions, some I didn't know I had!
Great explanation and videography. Appreciated by a Swedish-American.
- SV Free Spirit
- Tarpon Springs, Florida
Skål!
Great boat and great video! I've never been to northern Europe, but i live on a fjord in Alaska. The winds are either blowing up the fjord or down the fjord, so it makes sense to me that the Norse would row upwind, sail downwind, and leave the reaching and beating to non-fjord-dwelling civilizations. I started building an Oughtred Elfyn, I need to get it finished...
Very interesting to see a Gokstad færing beeing built and used in the NW of America.
And your experiments with various sail configurations confirms that boats and sails are developed locally dependet on weather conditions and intended usage.
Having grown up on the west coast of Norway on an island I grew up with rowboats and boat building was part of the local culture.
I have attached the Wiki link to the most popularised rowboat type these days, the Oselvar, which has been built in Os south east of Bergen.
The Wiki page in norwegian has more external links than the english version.
The boatbuilders tailor made their boats dependent on the owners length and the intended usage. Fishing, transport of people or goods, in calm waters inshore or offshore in open waters.
The sail size and type was also dependent on the local wrather conditions. In the long deep fjords with high towering mountains on each side with extreme fall winds could capsize a sailing rowboat in seconds. Therefore the tension on the sail, normally a lug sail, was held by hand in order to let go and let the wind out of the sail with in seconds.
There are local boat building traditions all the way along the norwegian coastline from north to south and they all have a design dependent on local weather conditions and intended usage of the boat.
The Oselvar is traditionally built with three boards which has to come from fair sized pine trees.
Enjoy!
And I hope the Oselvar links can be a door opener to living boat building tradition in Norway
Knut
no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oselver
Very informative. Thank you.
excelent video lot of infformation and experience
Master Johnson (or should I say Johansen?), sharing your historical & technical seafaring knowledge via this video has been both fascinating & a rare privilege, Sir. What a wonderful project! May Njord keep you & your faering safe 🧜♂️
They rowed from the floor I'm sure, and brings new meaning to the automotive "four on the floor"
Wonderful video, Mr Johnson. I've been researching faerings for awhile and your experimentation has been quite educational
Awesome boat!👍😎🇨🇦🌊
That is so nice.. I can just see this boat in the Santee swamp . May have to get me a template
My brother in law has one of these up in the Sognefjord. It's amazing to row.
I want one but I want to mount a trolling motors
Oh but it does. max 5 HP but it helps alot going against the wind. But its really faster to row going with it Ht me up if you want to AirBNB it, the name of the place is Leknessund, Solund. Life vests are compulsory, the big north sea is straight in from the west so choose your time to go boating!
Very nice job doing this video! FYI, both of my parents families came from Norway. I have been living in Minnesota since 1978 when I moved here from California. I was born on a naval Air station in Washington State, which I think is interesting in that my mother's family comes from Trondheim, Norway. That City was created more than a thousand years ago and 997, during the Viking age. It had its 1000th anniversary in 1997. My father's family originates in the Balestrand or Fjearland fjord area. Again, I'm very grateful for your video and find it very interesting. I have a sense that I would have done something like this had my circumstance been different growing up. Sometime I make contact you privately to exchange stories and genealogy. Tusen Takk.
I absolutely love your boat, i must know where you got the plans. How hard was it to build. Did you get a kit?
Great information here, Thank You. I built Iain Oughtred's Elfyn Faering over the winter of 2021. I am in my second season of enjoying this wonderful design and have come many of the same conclusions as you. I built mine specifically for fishing the rivers and near coastal areas of Oregon, have been out in 3' seas 8 seconds apart and she handles them wonderfully. I am needing to replace my kabes, the oak I used is beginning to crack, what did you use? It looks like purple heart in the video.
Black Oak branch fork
Awesome video! It's hard to imagine the level of intent that not only research and build the boat, but accomodated the experimentation with the performance and comfort alterations. Seems that most of the faering replicas have been made with raised thwarts and tholes (oarloocks) and other items. Doesnt this effectively raise the CG of the vessel and question any conclusions on the original's range and performance... especially to weather, as a dingy sailor would be sitting on the floor to windward.
Love your video. What year is your beetle? I've got 3 69s a 70 and 73
In faroe islands🇫🇴 were im from we still use tees we used it since the viking age
Excellent.
Been a carpenter for 20 years. A boat os something i need to challenge myself with.
I think the Vikings figured out a way to "tan" white oar. So as to make it tougher to split or brake. Any thoughts?
@@PETERVIKINGNAVY
Oak?
Break?
What planks were used? Traditional craft were made using split planks, made by splitting the log with axes and wedges, rather than sawing the planks. They are lighter and far more flexible, but take long to make and require more skill. Your boat looks to be made of modern, sawed planks
Also, my experience with Viking age ships n fearing is that they tend to have quite large squares sails. A 7,7 meter long boat has a 10 sqm sail
Being the family SUV... seating was likely bundles of firs which would be used for camping, the low free board was also efficient for loading and off loading, especially of livestock, another reason for the low initial stability... Vikings ponies could leap into battle directly from the ship a shock and awe technique often used during raids. 👣🕊👽
Fur’s 😂
@@PeaceProfit
Furs.
Wayne, I'd like to contact you about this boat. How do I message you?
Sailing simplicity was critical as survival demanded everyone needed to be fairly capable of handling the boats... sickness, disease, short life spans and war could easily remove more experienced individuals from small settlements. 👣🕊👽
I want a 20 ft boat like that
Thanks, man
A Junk rig may eliminate the reefing problem of the lanteen.