Learnings: The Longship, or Langskip - Revision history

imported>Soranin at 22:44, 30 October 2025

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	[[File:DTVA - Reconstructed longship.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A reconstructed longship ashore in Lofoten Islands, Norway / Contemporary]]		[[File:DTVA - Reconstructed longship.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A reconstructed longship ashore in Lofoten Islands, Norway / Contemporary]]
	To build a [[longship]], one first added the keel, the backbone of the ship, to the hull. The hull was {{Wiki\|clinker}}-built; its planks overlapped each other like fish scales. The boards were fastened together by metal rivets, then caulked by hemp and [[horse]]hair soaked in tar. This ensured that the water would not soak thorugh the hull in the middle of a voyage.		To build a [[longship]], one first added the keel, the backbone of the ship, to the hull. The hull was {{Wiki\|Clinker (boat building)\|clinker}}-built; its planks overlapped each other like fish scales. The boards were fastened together by metal rivets, then caulked by hemp and [[horse]]hair soaked in tar. This ensured that the water would not soak thorugh the hull in the middle of a voyage.

	Next, the mast was attached to the hull by a fish-shaped piece of [[wood]]. This ensured that the sail along the mast did not resist the wind, but moved with it. This adaptability, when coupled with the flexibility of the ship's hull, made the langskip "elastic"; rather than splitting the waves, it slithered through them.		Next, the mast was attached to the hull by a fish-shaped piece of [[wood]]. This ensured that the sail along the mast did not resist the wind, but moved with it. This adaptability, when coupled with the flexibility of the ship's hull, made the langskip "elastic"; rather than splitting the waves, it slithered through them.
	[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]		[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]

imported>Lady Kyashira at 11:06, 13 January 2022

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	~~{{Imageneed}}~~		[[File:DTVA - Reconstructed longship.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A reconstructed longship ashore in Lofoten Islands, Norway / Contemporary]]
	To build a [[longship]], one first added the keel, the backbone of the ship, to the hull. The hull was {{Wiki\|clinker}}-built; its planks overlapped each other like fish scales. The boards were fastened together by metal rivets, then caulked by hemp and [[horse]]hair soaked in tar. This ensured that the water would not soak thorugh the hull in the middle of a voyage.		To build a [[longship]], one first added the keel, the backbone of the ship, to the hull. The hull was {{Wiki\|clinker}}-built; its planks overlapped each other like fish scales. The boards were fastened together by metal rivets, then caulked by hemp and [[horse]]hair soaked in tar. This ensured that the water would not soak thorugh the hull in the middle of a voyage.

	Next, the mast was attached to the hull by a fish-shaped piece of [[wood]]. This ensured that the sail along the mast did not resist the wind, but moved with it. This adaptability, when coupled with the flexibility of the ship's hull, made the langskip "elastic"; rather than splitting the waves, it slithered through them.		Next, the mast was attached to the hull by a fish-shaped piece of [[wood]]. This ensured that the sail along the mast did not resist the wind, but moved with it. This adaptability, when coupled with the flexibility of the ship's hull, made the langskip "elastic"; rather than splitting the waves, it slithered through them.
	[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]		[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]

imported>Darman36 at 20:57, 5 January 2022

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			To build a [[longship]], one first added the keel, the backbone of the ship, to the hull. The hull was {{Wiki\|clinker}}-built; its planks overlapped each other like fish scales. The boards were fastened together by metal rivets, then caulked by hemp and [[horse]]hair soaked in tar. This ensured that the water would not soak thorugh the hull in the middle of a voyage.

	To build a longship, one first added the keel, the backbone of the ship, to the hull. Thehull was clinker-built; its planks overlapped each other like fish scales. The boards were fastened together by metal rivets, then caulked by hemp and horsehair soaked in tar. This ensured that the water would not soak thorugh the hull in the middle of a voyage.		Next, the mast was attached to the hull by a fish-shaped piece of [[wood]]. This ensured that the sail along the mast did not resist the wind, but moved with it. This adaptability, when coupled with the flexibility of the ship's hull, made the langskip "elastic"; rather than splitting the waves, it slithered through them.

	Next, the mast was attached to the ~~hulll~~ by a fish-shaped piece of wood. This ensured that the sail along the mast did not resist the wind, but moved with it. This adaptability, when coupled with the flexibility of the ship's hull, made the langskip "elastic"; rather than splitting the waves, it slithered through them.

	[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]		[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]

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To build a longship, one first added the keel, the backbone of the ship, to the hull. Thehull was clinker-built; its planks overlapped each other like fish scales. The boards were fastened together by metal rivets, then caulked by hemp and horsehair soaked in tar. This ensured that the water would not soak thorugh the hull in the middle of a voyage.

Next, the mast was attached to the hulll by a fish-shaped piece of wood. This ensured that the sail along the mast did not resist the wind, but moved with it. This adaptability, when coupled with the flexibility of the ship's hull, made the langskip "elastic"; rather than splitting the waves, it slithered through them.

[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]