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The Sea Stallion from Glendalough has arrived !
14 August, 2007, the Sea Stallion from Glendalough arrived back to Dublin, nearly 1,000 years after it was constructed out of Irish wood. Its Heimkváma, an old Norse word that means Homecoming, featured Ministers from Denmark and Ireland, the Lord Mayor of Dublin and hundreds of interested on-lookers.
The ship will stay in Collins Barracks throughout the fall and winter months before returning to Denmark in 2008.
RTÉ.ie tracked the six-week Viking voyage with video, photos, and Seafarer's Logs. Now, you can re-live the adventure again.
The ship will stay in Collins Barracks throughout the fall and winter months before returning to Denmark in 2008.
RTÉ.ie tracked the six-week Viking voyage with video, photos, and Seafarer's Logs. Now, you can re-live the adventure again.
Extracts from the Log Book, Monday, August 6th, 2007
Poul Nygaard 06/08 - 2007 21:52
From Islay towards Isle of Man.
10:22 am. Log 784. The Anchor weighed. This morning at 07:20 o'clock we received a report from the Danish Meteorological Office saying that the notified 18-23 m/s had gone more northerly and we instead could expect 10-12 m/s from a north-westerly direction the next 36 hours.
11:28 am. Log 789. We take in the sail so we can tighten the new rudder rope. Instead we have to replace it with the spare rope.
13:08 pm. Log 800. We reef the lowest rope, because the speed (10 knots) and large sweels are loading the rudder. Weather forecast from Malin Head: NW 29 knots (15 m/s).
13:23 pm. Log 801. We reef the second rope. Suits are now obligatory.
13:42 pm. Log 804. We reef the third rope.
14:16 pm. Log 808. NW 18 m/s. About 15 minutes ago the strap of the rudder snapped. We took in the sail and replaced the strap of the rudder. Right now we are situated with the side to the swells and with gusts of wind up to 23 m/s. We are drifting towards south-east, luckily clear of Mull of Kintyre. We are rolling 15-20 degrees to both sides, but are not taking in water.
15:10 pm. Log 812. We set sail with all ropes and fall off towards Peel on Isle of Man.
15:42 pm. Log 816. We shake out a rope. We are considering to sail towards the coast of Northern Ireland - the shortest distance to a harbour - but it is not possible because of the size of the swells. In 2-3 hours we will sail against the current, so we stay to the east in the North Channel, were the tide is not as strong and we expect to reach an area were the swell is not too violent.
17:46 pm. Log 831. The rudder goes clear of the water from time to time. The swells are 40 meters long, 3 meters high. Wind NW 15-18 m/s (near gale to gale).
19:20 pm. log 840 Wind and swell has dropped and we shake out another rope.
01:26 am. Log 866 The speed is reduced and to arive in Peel on the high tide, we put up a full sail (without waking up the crew not on duty)
05:00 am. Log 885. We rowed in to Peel harbour. The sail was taken in just inside of the breakwater. We put in, and could go to sleep after an eventfull sail from Islay.
To sum up, the sail today showed us that we have to work with the rudder-system, which is a week link (see also boatswain's diary). It was good to see that we were able to take the sail in relatively fast, eventhough it was taken down abeam. And it gave a good sence of security to see how well the ship managed with the swell abeam.
From Islay towards Isle of Man.
10:22 am. Log 784. The Anchor weighed. This morning at 07:20 o'clock we received a report from the Danish Meteorological Office saying that the notified 18-23 m/s had gone more northerly and we instead could expect 10-12 m/s from a north-westerly direction the next 36 hours.
11:28 am. Log 789. We take in the sail so we can tighten the new rudder rope. Instead we have to replace it with the spare rope.
13:08 pm. Log 800. We reef the lowest rope, because the speed (10 knots) and large sweels are loading the rudder. Weather forecast from Malin Head: NW 29 knots (15 m/s).
13:23 pm. Log 801. We reef the second rope. Suits are now obligatory.
13:42 pm. Log 804. We reef the third rope.
14:16 pm. Log 808. NW 18 m/s. About 15 minutes ago the strap of the rudder snapped. We took in the sail and replaced the strap of the rudder. Right now we are situated with the side to the swells and with gusts of wind up to 23 m/s. We are drifting towards south-east, luckily clear of Mull of Kintyre. We are rolling 15-20 degrees to both sides, but are not taking in water.
15:10 pm. Log 812. We set sail with all ropes and fall off towards Peel on Isle of Man.
15:42 pm. Log 816. We shake out a rope. We are considering to sail towards the coast of Northern Ireland - the shortest distance to a harbour - but it is not possible because of the size of the swells. In 2-3 hours we will sail against the current, so we stay to the east in the North Channel, were the tide is not as strong and we expect to reach an area were the swell is not too violent.
17:46 pm. Log 831. The rudder goes clear of the water from time to time. The swells are 40 meters long, 3 meters high. Wind NW 15-18 m/s (near gale to gale).
19:20 pm. log 840 Wind and swell has dropped and we shake out another rope.
01:26 am. Log 866 The speed is reduced and to arive in Peel on the high tide, we put up a full sail (without waking up the crew not on duty)
05:00 am. Log 885. We rowed in to Peel harbour. The sail was taken in just inside of the breakwater. We put in, and could go to sleep after an eventfull sail from Islay.
To sum up, the sail today showed us that we have to work with the rudder-system, which is a week link (see also boatswain's diary). It was good to see that we were able to take the sail in relatively fast, eventhough it was taken down abeam. And it gave a good sence of security to see how well the ship managed with the swell abeam.
(and a bit scary)
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