Sebbe Als is a replica of a Viking ship, Skuldelev wreck no. 5. She is the oldest sailing 'fiver' in Denmark.
A sailing trip with the Imme Gram and the then newly found Skuldelev wrecks became the inspiration for the creation of Sebbe Als.
She was built by a group of local volunteers, a large group of which were the local Scouts of Augustenborg, and was launched in 1969.
The drawings were the first crude drawings, coming from the Skuldelev archae...
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Sebbe Als is a replica of a Viking ship, Skuldelev wreck no. 5. She is the oldest sailing 'fiver' in Denmark.
A sailing trip with the Imme Gram and the then newly found Skuldelev wrecks became the inspiration for the creation of Sebbe Als.
She was built by a group of local volunteers, a large group of which were the local Scouts of Augustenborg, and was launched in 1969.
The drawings were the first crude drawings, coming from the Skuldelev archaeological dig. The archaeologists were very keen on having an accurate replica, as the finished ship would provide invaluable information about the Viking ships in general.
She was built with copies of the original tools, mainly adzes, manufactured by the local blacksmith after Viking age finds.
There was not a local shipyard with sufficient room, so she was built in a loaned building, in the then-existing Augustenborg Lumber Yard. Here she was also stored for the winter. When the lumber yard was closed, and a new yacht harbour built in its...
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