We have been following the construction of the Dragon Harald Fairhair, (or in Norwegian Draken Harald Hårfagre) the largest Viking longship to have been built in modern times. (See our previous post – Building the Viking Longship Dragon Harald Fairhair.) Built of oak, in the town of Haugesund in Western Norway, the ship is hundred and fourteen feet, twenty-seven feet wide, displacing seventy tons, and will carry thirty-two hundred square feet of sail. She was recently launched and has begun sailing trials. A short video of one of her first sails.
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I read that Dragon Harald Fairhair will travel from Norway, this May, ending up in Mystic Seaport to spend the winter. Is that going to happen? Any idea when she might arrive in Mystic?