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The world’s biggest Viking ship reconstruction turns home. The 2nd half of the experimental voyage ends in Roskilde on 9th Aug
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by infomatique | June 28, 2008 at 11:55 am
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VIKING SHIP LEAVES DUBLIN TOMORROW MORNING
The 61 members of the crew on the 30-metre long “Sea Stallion from Glendalough” are sure to get soaking wet already in the middle of Dublin Harbour tomorrow morning.
Thousands of Irish people along the quayside will wave goodbye to the crew and to the ship that spent the winter at the National Museum – and the harbour tugs will spray goodbye at full pressure.
The original Sea Stallion was built by a group of enterprising Vikings a thousand years’ ago in an area near Dublin, and the Irish have taken the scientific research project of the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde completely to their hearts. The city is full of flags decorated with the Sea Stallion logo.
The City Council is determined to celebrate the occasion, but nothing can hide the rough weather forecast, which looks like sending the Sea Stallion into an Irish Sea with local gale-force southerly winds.
Skipper Carsten Hvid has also looked at the weather forecast:
– As usual we won't compromise on safety and we'll put in to the nearest harbour, as and when necessary – even though we are so incredibly lucky this year as to have the powerful diver and cable support vessel, Cable One, with us all the way from Dublin to the entrance to Limfjorden.
– Cable One was also at our disposal for a part of last year’s voyage. This ship normally services oil rigs, so it's obviously very expensive to use. The Nordea Foundation gave us the wherewithal this year, says Carsten Hvid.
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at 12:10 on June 28th, 2008
I would love to see this!
at 12:34 on June 28th, 2008
I have plenty of photographs but I cannot get them to transfer from Flickr. I am now attempting some direct uploads.
at 13:17 on June 28th, 2008
Return of Dublin's Viking Warship
Farewell - Sea Stallion from Glendalough Farvel – Havhingsten fra Glendalough.
Celebrations to mark the departure of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough/Havhingsten fra Glendalough commence at Custom House Quay at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, 29th June with refreshments, music from the Gardiner Street Gospel Singers, Sea Shanties by Stork Ejlaender Shanty Choir from Denmark and Hooks and Crookes Sea Shanty singers from Ireland, traditional fiddlers from Denmark and Irish traditional musicians.
Sea Stallion from Glendalough/Havhingsten fra Glendalough is scheduled to set sail at 11.45 a.m.
The Sea Stallion will be escorted on the first part of her voyage by the LE Emer, and a flotilla of heritage sailing boats.
at 13:41 on June 28th, 2008
infomatique, awesome photos!
at 14:20 on June 28th, 2008
Superb!
at 19:40 on June 28th, 2008
infomatique, I like this story. It's good stuff. Excellent Stuff