Dragon Harald Fairhair. The construction of a Viking Dragon Ship

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: Dragon Harald Fairhair. 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.

[toothpickcity]

I had the privilege of taking a deck tour while the ship was docked at the Toronto harbourfront festival. Absolutely magnificent!

[PerryCStraw]

Thank you Gunnar Eldjam and your team for this wonderful experience!

[ohlordy]

As magnificent as these boats are, the thing I find amazing is that there is virtually no accommodation room below deck.

The Vikings roamed vast stretches of frigid, stormy seas sitting in what is really just an open boat.

Tough people.

[ViniciusScorpio]

How on Midgard´s earth did the Vikings manage to build such ships back in the 800´s!?!?!?! Watching these people build the Drakkar in 2010 only makes me admire them  Norse even more.

[Cormalek]

Interesting note: Slavs also built pretty much identical ships. The one difference? They were made entirely from wood, using wooden pegs instead of rivets. The pegs would expand when the ship was put into water, thus sealing themselves in (so higher maintenance, but lower cost and faster speed time).

[davidharrison]

i have had a love of these amazing ships since i was a small boy and visited a ship that had been found in the peat and preserved . not only a wonderful work of art but an amazing piece of engineering . it makes me smile to just look at these ships they are so beautiful. the skill level is off the scale .

[MoneyRich-nhtp]

This ship is incredible I really want to build my own.

[Techischannel]

Here i am ... for the 12th Time now in this Year. Watching this video because its apariently the best avaliable on Youtube as for good Entertaining.

[kipthecourtjester]

to say I'm in love....would be an understatement. Thank you so very much for this video...

[Doncicio]

omg that is so amazing, good job on all the people that participated making this happen, im sure they have made their ancestors very proud.

[denisonfagundes]

I understand nothing of shipbuilding, so although this video looks incredible it's almost like seeing how to make a Plumbus to me.

[tryggen]

Watching this makes me facinated. This is amazing. I can't imagine someone building this back in the days.

[ohlordy]

Hell of an effort there, gents. What a great way to spend a couple of years of your lives.

[DrWhom]

Those Vikings and their power tools...

[tfoen]

It will be in Detroit belle isle by the 19th of August
Cannot wait to see it

[dionamerson]

Id love if these people would host entire workshops on how to build these longships i gladly build these if I had the chance and im american

[ElusiveCube]

The Barbarians had to be amazing builders as well amazing warriors, excellent video, thank you.

[randywoodworth]

Good to see that the spirit of floki still lives on.

[picklewiickle.]

being recolonised.
was an amazing country once.
RIP

[RolfMLandaas]

Utrolig kule filminfo.
Dette var kjekt å se.
Spennende!