Talk:Draken Harald Hårfagre

Minimum Crew?

I suggest that although it has 25 pairs of oars, at 2 people per oar, 100 is not the minimum crew you could reasonably use, but the standard rowing crew. Have they tried less? That would be interesting to know. What if some Vikings don't make it back to the ship- how many do you need?

IceDragon64 (talk) 00:25, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Yes good observation. Actually these ships rarely used the oars, except when near the coast. They relied almost exclusively on sail-power. Read the articles on Viking ships for example. RhinoMind (talk) 02:30, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Naming?

Who named it and why is it named after him?

IceDragon64 (talk) 00:27, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Not a replica

Daring to come a cross as pedantic, I would like to point out, that this ship is not a replica.

To be a replica, you need a concrete original. with all the knowledge we now have about Viking-type ships, experts could probably make realistic Viking-type ships, without any particular original to copy from, but they will not be replicas strictly speaking. RhinoMind (talk) 02:33, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Winter

If people wish to see this ship it will winter over at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT. Arydberg (talk) 20:57, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

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The translation of the name could been better.

The "drake(n)" in the name is not used in the meaning of dragon/drake. It's correct that it translates to dragon/drake, but it also used as a word for a viking ship with a dragon's head. A better translation to English for the name "Draken Harald Hårfagre" would've been "The skip (with a dragon's head) Harald Fairhair". There's also a second thing that could've been improved with the translation: The word "draken" is the definite form of "drake". Therefore, it's "the dragon", not just "dragon" in English.

What became of this ship?

What happened after Green Bay? Someone mentioned, earlier in the Talk section, that it was wintering over in Mystic. What happened after that? Where is she now? (Did Vikings call their boats and ships "she"?) FatBear1 (talk) 23:31, 12 July 2023 (UTC)