Gislinge Boat Open Source Project 2015
During 2015, the Viking Ship Museums boatbuilders built a reconstruction of the Gislinge Boat, a 7.7m long working boat dating from ca. 1130 AD.
Gisle, as the boat was named, was built as the focus of the Museum's Gislinge Boat Open Source Boatbuilding Project – a new, multi-disciplinary approach to boatbuilding that sought to involve the public as much as possible in the boatbuilding process, both here at the Museum and online via social media.
The Gislinge Blog
Smelting bog ore: day 3 - rivets!
The boatbuilders have begun using the first bog iron rivets on the Gislinge Boat - an important part of the…
Smelting bog ore: day 2
Some images from day 2 of the bog ore smelt here at the boatyard - click on the photos to see them in full size
From bog ore to iron rivets
We have a guest blogger on the Gislinge blog today. Archaeologist and iron smelter, Mads Jylov, will be at the…
'We're gonna need a bigger mallet...'
Cleaving a 180 year old oak to make planks for the Gislinge Boat
