Thread: Viking Longship
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Old 10-17-2016, 05:56 PM   #4
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The video I linked to leads to quite a few "follow on video's" of the same ship, and others.

Some great sailing.

While I was viewing... (Scrutinizing) the ship in Mystic, I was looking for the rudder. There was no rudder apparent. I finally found it lying on the deck up forward on the port side..

Looking at the follow on videos, it became apparent that under sail, the rudder was a semi fixed item on the Starboard side aft.

Then I remembered something from decades ago....The term "Steer-board" (Vs. Port) came from the position of the rudder on a Longship. NB

The heyday of the Vikings seems to have been from about 850 AD to about 1066 AD. WHAT happened in 1066..?

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