How Fast Did Viking Longships Sail? While modern replicas offer us good evidence for the top speeds of Viking longships, it remains a debatable subject.
Thanks for this post, CJ. Because it’s concerning my favourite topic (Viking longships) I thoroughly enjoyed your analysis and, having once worked for a local timber-built sail training ship understand that speed is a very variable thing depending on prevailing conditions - especially in the days long before back-up engines to help making port on time!
Thanks for this post, CJ. Because it’s concerning my favourite topic (Viking longships) I thoroughly enjoyed your analysis and, having once worked for a local timber-built sail training ship understand that speed is a very variable thing depending on prevailing conditions - especially in the days long before back-up engines to help making port on time!