Preparation

A member meeting in Alsingergården in April 1992.

The building in Holm we rented as a workshop, seen from the east.

The building in Holm we rented as a workshop, seen from the west.

The first logs are felled in Augustenborg Forest, 1992. For the centre test piece.

The workshop is being prepared with lighting. Coffee room on the left side.

A lime log is split to form a plank.

A plank is chopped clean to the right thickness.

The centre section is being assembled.

Exhibition in Nordals Hallen, November 1992.

Visit by staff from the National Museum of Denmark.

Stem piece, bottom plank to the left and measurement of the bottom plank horn to the right.

Finalising the bottom plank of the stem piece.

Section of the stem block, seen from above, with four cleats and a hole for the inner locking plate, in the railing horn.

Keel plank with groove for the stem and recess in the keel horn for the inner locking plate,.Keel plank with groove for the stem and recess in the keel horn for the inner locking plate,.

Section of the stem block, seen from below, with the recess towards the bottom plank and the hole for the inner locking plate, in the railing horn.

Keel plank and keel horn assembled. The railing horn is glued together with the stem block.

Keel plank and keel horn test-assembled with stem block and wood.

The finishing touches are being made to the stern piece, which will be on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

Starboard side and railing plank being sewn to the stem.

The fully assembled stem piece with keel horn, stem wood and horn support held in place with square oak dowels.

The final trimming before departure to Roskilde.

Our test pieces on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde together with a Polynesian dugout canoe.

Our test pieces on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde.