Latest news: 'Helge Ask' wrecked


During the night of 7-8 April a sudden storm wrecked the Skuldelev 5 replica 'Helge Ask' at its mooring on the Roskilde Fjord outside the Viking Ship Museum. The heavy surf crushed the slender planking above the waterline and parts of the framesystem were broken. The ship has now been salvaged and will be repaired over the summer, but a number of arrangements involving it have had to be cancelled, including 'The Sailing Seminar' announced in this Newsletter. Analysis of the damage to the hull will be included in the forthcoming publication of the replica-project.


Jorn.Sjostrom
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Last Updated august 6, 1995