Draken Harald Hårfagre - The construction of a Viking Dragon Ship

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Күн бұрын

Dragon ships were large longships that had carved heads of dragons and other magical beings mounted on their bow. This video shows some glances from the construction of such a ship: Draken Harald Hårfagre. We are using the best of the old Norwegian clinker-building tradition, and combining this with knowledge obtained from archaeological material, Norse literature etc. Our aim is to recreate a ship with superb seaworthiness - as described in the Old Norse sagas.

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@genevievezevort7840 8 жыл бұрын

It was a priviledge to stand on this ship in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Impressive workmanship and a such a great way to make history alive.

@svale1610 8 жыл бұрын

Our ancestor where true artisans and innovative craftsmen.

@ferrangalvezcastaneda4968 3 жыл бұрын

@jutubaeh What the hell is your issue?

@dereksmall4311 3 жыл бұрын

@@ferrangalvezcastaneda4968 whats urs tough guy

@WODELAR 8 жыл бұрын

Imagine how our ancestors made this magnificient art without modern tools.

@philstone3426 8 жыл бұрын

This one has a motor.

@nico94LLo 6 жыл бұрын

pense lo mismo...

@b1laxson 5 жыл бұрын

@@philstone3426ye olde one had a motor too. His name was Sven.

@Melanrick 5 жыл бұрын

@@b1laxson LOL

@thedanielsdivas1374 4 жыл бұрын

WOW this video is really great 👍👍👍😀😀😀

@davidharrison6615 6 жыл бұрын

a wonderful work of art . imagine seeing a ship like that sailing down a river towards you ! the norse have an amazing history .

@JL-yt5hy 11 ай бұрын

only if I didnt hate the cold weather so much I would pay a lot to be part of this wonderful journey. Well done.🤩

@yuppy1967 3 жыл бұрын

How did they come up with this design so long ago??? Simply amazing!

@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 2 жыл бұрын

Probably started with small boats that they lap straked together. The design got bigger as needs arose.

@captainrobertbrooks3669 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing how they built this ship in the Viking days. I'm working on a 1/10 scale model of it and enjoying it. Still need to decide which Dragon head for the Stem and stern.

@bonzeblayk 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. She is GORGEOUS! THANK YOU.

@Wolfblaz13 8 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video. Highly Glorious.

@johnh539 2 жыл бұрын

every boat builders dream job, a knarr

@dataduck811 5 жыл бұрын

What a beauty! They sure knew how to build 'em back then.

@mikeskor6230 7 жыл бұрын

Just amazing how it is done. A super video.

@queennine 2 жыл бұрын

its amazing how these boats / ships were built back then w/o modern technology. I still don't know how they did it, and it looked the way it did.

@joer3983 7 жыл бұрын

so beautiful... i'm speechless

@danbert7634 Жыл бұрын

Stunning and deep respect from Switzerland

@charlkuun8173 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! much respect.

@40mes 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for posting.

@luisantoniogualpapena1338 4 жыл бұрын

Que maravilloso documental..no se si en su epoca las naves tenian esa dimencion..pero que increible construccion. la prueba de fuego paso es muy solida podra realizar cualquier viaje... felicitaciones a todo el grupo..Guayaquil Ecuador

@dylanstarratt6137 4 жыл бұрын

beautiful craftsmanship...

@pcdubya 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, skill, hard work and determination.

@ReesesCupsable 3 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful.

@robertstorey7476 4 жыл бұрын

makes you realise how technologically advanced the vikings were to be able to build such a thing.

@pierpalumbo415 Жыл бұрын

Ahh ... que saudades que tenho dos Vikings! 🤩

@Seafariireland Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@anatoly_trifonov 3 жыл бұрын

Pure awesomeness.

@Mitch-cw8nd 6 жыл бұрын

Astonishing!

@mozdickson 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating (and counter to some dopey comments below - no, its not a re-enactment- they didnt have 200 men and maidens to drill and cut everything by hand!) that even the scaffolding used is timber. Epic project- well done!

@tullochgorum6323 11 ай бұрын

For a small regional kingdom of just a few thousand people, the investment required to build one of these remarkable craft is simply mind-boggling. Imagine all the harvesting, transporting, sawing, shaping, construction and forging, with just horses, water-power and human power to work with.

@deckiedeckie 7 жыл бұрын

Una maravilla....mi admiracion por aquellos que lo construyeron..

@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the Good Ship Draken in Green Bay at the Tall Ships Festival. I wish I had had my passport with me. I would have set sail with her back to her home port.

@renegadescout 7 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to have been part of this!!!

@parnilsson8283 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@stranraerwal 4 жыл бұрын

incredible craftsmanship! Where do modern carpenters and woodworkers learn all that ancient craftmanship?

@frankblangeard8865 5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't show the engine being installed. Yes, this ship has an engine. In a video of this ship landing in New York City a person operating the controls is shown and the backwash from the propeller is seen as the ship docks in NYC.

@JohnSmith-pd1fz 5 жыл бұрын

++Frank Blangeard++ it had to have a fitted engine to comply with Norwegian and other countries maritime laws.

@deckiedeckie 5 жыл бұрын

' Egil's enemies are motivated by treachery, self interest and malice, and he confronts them as his forebears did, with the family traits of obstinacy, ruthlessness, animal strength and an instinctive inability to accept authority.' Egil's saga The Icelandic Sagas

@rsimko 3 жыл бұрын

Viking ship is a pure perfection

@philstone3426 8 жыл бұрын

It's headed for Quebeck and it is in the Saint Lawrence Seaway as of this morning at port Baie-Comeau, Canada

@thePronto 8 жыл бұрын

I often wondered how they built these boats, over 1,000 years ago. No power tools, no written instructions (the Norse had no writing), so presumably no math either. Yet these ships sailed across the North Atlantic and also around the Iberian Peninsula and well into the Mediterranean. The Norse weren't Christians, and may not have been very 'PC'; but they weren't barbarians.

@jensdanbolt6953 8 жыл бұрын

+rpbsjy The Norse did have writing! They used what we now called "runes" as letters, not so different from the greek alphabet.

@RedSaint83 8 жыл бұрын

They used rulers so they had a sense of relativity. In one of the Swedish sunken vikings ship they found two different sized rulers which explains why that particular ship sank, so they must've had otherwise pretty strict building codes.

@toosinbeymen4009 7 жыл бұрын

How are the planks bent? Do you steam straight planks until they take and hold a bend? Or do are they cut out of timber with the bend?

@VidarrKerr 4 жыл бұрын

You should press the rivets in instead of pounding them in. You do it with another clamp. edit: This is amazing!

@RaccoonsLeek 3 жыл бұрын

wow... this was almost 10 years ago...

@brotgott9401 Жыл бұрын

Es gibt auch die Möglichkeit gerade Äste (zb. Fichte) zu verwenden. Dadurch spart man Ressourcen und auch Arbeitskraft da diese bereits rund und relativ gleichmäßig dick sind. Desweiteren (sagte mir zumindest ein alter Zimmermann) sind die Äste nach dem trocknen belastbarer wie geschnitzte Nägel da die Faserung nicht abgeschnitten wird.

@tomasznowacki4499 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I watched also other movies. Wonder if you make oars as well? And tried to use them?

@connies_corner 4 жыл бұрын

I am so grateful that someone is going through the trouble to do this. My attempt is cute and laughable.

@lindapadley5806 Жыл бұрын

Did vikings use iron nails? Was the oak green wood for flexibility. There weren't any plans so how have they worked out how the ships were made? If they make a sea worthy ship well done!

@MrBetoola 4 жыл бұрын

WOW! Impressive dimensions! Is the frame material Norwegian? Why didn't the boatbuilders tie the frames to the strakes with whale bards, like in Saga Oseberg?

@thedanielsdivas1374 4 жыл бұрын

I know

@hirata58th 9 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. How did they use iron and wooden nail differntly?

@erikimamura 8 жыл бұрын

+Takahiro Hirata Usually, for this type of ships, iron rivets are used for the planking and wooden pegs are used for the ribs.

@foxaches615 3 жыл бұрын

No "Ticking Sticks" were harmed in the making of this ship.

@agustinmarbae7509 4 жыл бұрын

i will love to build my own ...i will love to work for this people

@theroach2204 2 жыл бұрын

if i ever get money, ill be asking for another one.

@edwardallen3062 6 жыл бұрын

9:29 you forgot the hemp boss!

@ragna3751 Жыл бұрын

Hail Vikings 💪

@chrishalstead4405 Жыл бұрын

Am I imagining it, or did I see Zeal from Tally Ho working on the ribs??

@jean-lucgrosse1493 4 жыл бұрын

Colossal !!!

@Pipsqwak 4 жыл бұрын

What I want to know is how my ancestors built ships of this size without cranes and power tools.

@agustinvenegas5238 4 жыл бұрын

Bunch of people, bunch of time, basically

@83birdhunter 3 жыл бұрын

How much did it cost to build this ship anyone know? I want one!!

@83birdhunter 3 жыл бұрын

okay I found the price folks, $400,000.00. probably a little more now, maybe. Still want one, going on the bucket list!!

@matto9734 4 жыл бұрын

Do you guys know Erik Anderaa? He is from Halvesund too ;-) I bet you do. He is the modern incarnation of a true viking. Look up his youtube channel.

@freequest 4 жыл бұрын

Would they have used Hemp back then or would they have used wool?

@woodyrascel 4 жыл бұрын

how do they stop the iron nails from rusting in the sea?

@throwback19841 3 жыл бұрын

You don't. I mean, you do, by tarring the hell out of the hull, caulking the joins in the planks, but eventually yes they rust and the wood rots. That's what the crew are for :)

@billybonewhacker 7 жыл бұрын

thats funny i was wondering if the norsemen were fond of ryobi or dewalt

@Odin197188 4 жыл бұрын

BOSCH I’m sure

@xXCREEKSTARXx 4 жыл бұрын

@@Odin197188 Makita be makin the einherjer weak.

@Odin197188 4 жыл бұрын

xXCREEKSTARXx ha! For normal people who are wondering: “In Norse mythology, the einherjar (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters") are those who have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by valkyries. In Valhalla, the einherjar eat their fill of the nightly-resurrecting beast Sæhrímnir, and are brought their fill of mead (from the udder of the goat Heiðrún) by valkyries. The einherjar prepare daily for the events of Ragnarök, when they will advance for an immense battle at the field of Vígríðr; the battle which the "ein" (here meaning single-time) refers to. Heimdall occasionally returned the best of Einherjar to Midgard or Jotunheim with the purpose of killing giants, but they were forbidden to talk with the living”

@vilefly 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much the wood costs, alone?

@doglover31418 5 жыл бұрын

At 2.50 we see nails welded to their roves, then trimmed and clinked. That can't be right; how would Vikings do that weld?

@MattJohno2 6 жыл бұрын

Thor is proud :)

@jsamc 2 жыл бұрын

How in the holy heck did they sail this across the Atlantic ocean ??😬

@SuprunElena 4 жыл бұрын

3,14здёж - викинги такое строили и через океан плавали - или с3,14здили готовый или скелет дракона использовали - про египетских строителей - на лодках Мэрере блоки по Нилу доставлял - краном не могли погрузить один блок, только отчалили - крен и теч. Как мачта крепится - чё-то не понятно...Строили бы сразу космический корабль для ПВ-каналов/туннелей.

@archietobias2946 5 жыл бұрын

is that an iron nail? how long until that iron stuff rust and decay in salt water?

@LandersWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Wrought Iron doesn't generally rust once the seal forms as a barrier.

@davyjones17 6 жыл бұрын

What's a music?

@miles2378 7 жыл бұрын

how would they have drilled the holes for the Iron nails during Viking times?

@walterstrong6386 7 жыл бұрын

Very carefully!!

@beausmith4764 6 жыл бұрын

They'd probably chisel carefully

@alainarchambault2331 6 жыл бұрын

Likely with a hand cranked auger

@JohnSmith-pd1fz 5 жыл бұрын

+Cristopher Bloom++ The same way as they bored them today - with a hand operated spoon bit type auger.

@kalsaumesatungiamata9066 3 жыл бұрын

Next 700 years humans will be having a hard time building a747 in Mars

@reallifeistoflat 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't all that iron going to give iron sickness to the wood and drastically limit the life span of the ship?

@liran547 3 жыл бұрын

it would be so nice if they would recreate the tools uesed in that time period to build this ship. it lacks the beauty by using modern clips and drills

@normanbraslow7902 3 жыл бұрын

LiRan, nice idea but wholly impractical. They might as well sailed her in period costume eating period food.....

@liran547 3 жыл бұрын

@@normanbraslow7902 thats fantastic idea，why impractical？it will be a great historical study and first hand experience

@liran547 3 жыл бұрын

@@normanbraslow7902 they have managed to reconstruct a bridge during Song Dynasty China using only tools avalible during that time, the result is highy educational and works very well

@normanbraslow7902 3 жыл бұрын

LiRan, I agree in a sense. However, the fellow who built her did not intend that. Read his website, as that explains the process better than I can.

@normanbraslow7902 3 жыл бұрын

LiRan, they could have, but that was not the builders intention. Read his website, and your get a better understanding, better than I could explain.

@gustavoaguiar9688 3 жыл бұрын

interesting but they should have used ancient tools only

@weirwolfarroo 8 жыл бұрын

Relatively simply for IKEA...

@oscardipiazza3883 3 жыл бұрын

COMO ME GUSTARIA NAVEGAR EN UN " DRAKKAR", VIKINGO. Y PENSSR QE FUERON LOS PRIMEROS EN LLEGAR A AMÉRICA.

@ibmoller3355 6 жыл бұрын

Harald blåtand!

@bryan5549 7 жыл бұрын

"Draw-ings"...not "Draw-rings". Thank you, America.

@santiagovelasquez7719 4 жыл бұрын

Quien más viene por rubius? :v

@redreuben5260 23 күн бұрын

Where’s Floci ?

@ernestorodriguez3637 7 жыл бұрын

VIKING SHIP YEAH!!!😆😆🤣😵

@thedanielsdivas1374 4 жыл бұрын

I like the emojis

@MrConvivator 5 жыл бұрын

Danke, habe Link gesetzt www.wgsebald.de/100/365sterne/dragen/start.html

@SigismundSonOfDorn 4 жыл бұрын

Heil Njörð

@onceltom 4 жыл бұрын

B.S.

@conanthedestroyer7123 5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be a stronger ship if you used Steel like my sword? And faster with a diesel engine like my truck?

@kickstar126 7 жыл бұрын

Most of the so called Vikings were in fact not Norse (Norwegians) but Danes from Denmark, who developed this type of ship.

@ensvenskgrabb2834 7 жыл бұрын

Det är ju också 'Norse'. Norse är inte BARA norskar

@kickstar126 7 жыл бұрын

Ja jag gissar då de alla var samma

@arnefjelde2936 6 жыл бұрын

Var norske de som reiste lengst. Ikke Danskar og svenskar. Danskar og svenskar heldt seg mest langs kysten.

@normanbraslow7902 3 жыл бұрын

There was no political divisions at the time. Scandinavia was a geographical expression.

@fixento 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, it was not a replica of any Viking ship, it was wide, modern, with a cabin, diesel engines, and ballasted. It was made to make money, using people that would volunteer for the experience.

@Reactivate100 3 жыл бұрын

It’s as close as you can get. They had to meet ship building regulations.

@fixento 3 жыл бұрын

@@Reactivate100 With all do respect, it only has to be sea worth. A 13 foot sailboat has crossed the Atlantic.