You never know what you’re going to see around here. This is a replica of the small Gislinge Boat excavated in 1993 near the town of that name in Denmark, which is pronounced “Jiss-ling,” I’m told.
Archaeologists reportedly think that the vessel might have been built for a Danish Chieftain in or about the year 1130, soon after the Viking Age.
This replica, on the other hand, was built by WoodenBoat School students in this year’s Stitch-and-Glue Boatbuilding Class. They used computer-cut marine plywood with wire stitches and epoxy, among other things.
The students used plans, based on the original vessel’s measurements, that were developed by Class Instructor John Harris’s Chesapeake Light Craft Company, which markets boat kits and plans. (Brooklin, Maine; images taken August 14, 2021) See also the image in the first Comment space.