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For those of you who read Norwegian (nynorsk), a superb book about the Oselvar was published last year. Many of you may know of Oselvar inspired boats - Atkin´s Valgerda, Oughted´s Elf/Elfyn, etc.
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Oselvar - Norwegian Hordaland double-ender from Os
Oselvarbok-framside-web__800.jpg
For those of you who read Norwegian (nynorsk), a superb book about the Oselvar was published last year. Many of you may know of Oselvar inspired boats - Atkin´s Valgerda, Oughted´s Elf/Elfyn, etc.
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Re: Oselvar - Norwegian Hordaland double-ender from Os
Alas! I shall have to wait for the English version! Although I could probably struggle through the Norwegian, I'd miss the subtleties.
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Re: Oselvar - Norwegian Hordaland double-ender from Os
Access to some pages of the book:
https://issuu.com/skaldforlag/docs/9...592532_issuu/8
One of these pages:
(source: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/...JyNr9Hbttzt_gE)Milleniums of boat history The Oselvar meeting its predecessors. Foreground: a replica of the Halsnoy boat (ca 300 AD). Middle: a copy of the Gokstad faering (ca. 900 AD). Background: an Oselvar from 2002. Date: 18.7.2011. Photo: Kjell Magnus Økland (C) Kjell Magnus Økland
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Re: Oselvar - Norwegian Hordaland double-ender from Os
That Halsnoy boat is a lovely bit of craftsmanship, it is also interesting that apart from the sewn construction compared with the winged stems and clincked nailing the 500 year later Gokstad is so similar in shape.
I'd hate to row the Oselver two up, too close coupled. We need Lagspillers opinion on how typical she might be.
It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.
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Re: Oselvar - Norwegian Hordaland double-ender from Os
Are those hand holds in the stems?
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Lazy Perfectionist
Re: Oselvar - Norwegian Hordaland double-ender from Os
This is how they make use of what seems like hand holds: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/...JyNr9Hbttzt_gE
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Re: Oselvar - Norwegian Hordaland double-ender from Os
It's interesting to see the evolution of the three boats.
My friend has this book and it is amazing how much information it has on just one type of Norse boat.
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