[MR] Tales of the GS-12 Vikings - washingtonpost.com

[Dexter Guptill]

Ah, ok -- The Sae Hrafn is the Longship Company's replacement for the
FyrDraka. Sounds like it's a tad-bit bigger than the old boat.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa <
chessler at usa.net> wrote:

>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803149.html
>
> Video in the original
>
> http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/06/18/PH2008061802980.jpg
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/06/13/VI2008061302093.html
>
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=pf>
> washingtonpost.com
>
>
> Tales of the GS-12 Vikings
> On a boat out of the Middle Ages, middle-age men
> with a hunger for history row and sweat their fantasy into life.
>
> By Matt Zapotosky
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Thursday, June 19, 2008; B01
>
> One of the hardest things about pretending to be
> a Viking, it seems, is that people tend to mistake you for a pirate.
>
> Just ask the crew of the Sae Hrafn, a
> reproduction Viking ship based in Southern
> Maryland. On a recent afternoon, passing boaters
> on the
> <
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Potomac+River?tid=informline
> >Potomac
> River cried out, "Avast ye, mateys!" and "Show me your swords!"
>
> "Wrong fantasy," muttered Viking enthusiast David Tristan.
>
> Tristan, 55, and his shipmates were acting out
> the fantasy of their choosing, as they do on
> regular outings. As they sailed the 38-foot
> longship, its bow adorned with a carved dragon
> head, they verbally accosted other boaters.
>
> "I give you three sheep for the woman!" captain
> Bruce Blackistone roared at a passing sailboat,
> its white-haired female passenger waving and smiling nervously.
>
> <<<snip, snip, snip>>>
>
> "After eight hours of rowing, you're going to
> feel authentic," Blackistone said. "You're even going to smell authentic."
>
>
> (c) 2008 The Washington Post Company
>
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