The modern ship equipment
There are no weapons on board the Sea Stallion. However, the law today requires safety and navigational equipment to be carried on board all ships.
This is why all the men wear life jackets and the Sea Stallion is equipped with life rafts, distress flares and lights (green and red n the top of the mast.) Flashlights are also an important part of the equipment on board, used when going in and out of harbour at night and when the Sea Stallion gets to close to land when sailing, exspecially reefs and rocks.
Electronics
The ship has:
- a GPS satellite navigator that can give its position and speed
- an AIS radar that shows other ships near by and relays the Sea Stallion's position to other ships.
- a weather station on board for measuring wind speed, air pressure and an air and water temperatures
- a radio for contacting nearby ships or land.
Further to this the Sea Stallion will also carry a great deal of communications equipment on its expeditions. There will, for example, be a computer to send reports back to the Viking Ship Museum so that it is possible to follow the voyage on the website and read the crew's logs and diaries.
Sveral crew members have been equipted with digital cameras and video cameras to documnet every routine and work function on board. This will give the Viking Ship Museum a greater insight into how the ship is sailed. Is there a different in how the sheets are handled when tacking in calm wind and hard wind?
