I have been down in the dumps with the way
OUR (US) Government treated the
Draken Longship Visit in the Great Lakes........ Appalling.
Time to move on.
Sailing the
Longship:
Whisker Poles: Notice in the videos the athwart ship poles at deck level at a slight angle to the beam of the ship...one on each side. They are used as a fixed anchor point for the sail... down low to attach the "Tack"..of the sail..the lower leading corner. The "Tack" will change from one side of the sail to the other.... as the ship sails on one tack (direction) Vs the other.
Whisker poles..similar to Spinnaker poles, are still used today.
A previous adventure with a Longship..
The "Sea Stallion". didn't have whisker poles...and had difficulties with sail handling. NB