Foraging White Oak Branches for Boat Frames

If you want to build your own Viking boat, this podcast is for you. Follow Andy Bennett in Minnesota as he undertakes the step-by-step process to build and sail a replica of a 900-year-old Viking lapstrake sailboat. Boat dimensions come from the Gislinge Boat Open Source Project, published by the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark. Weekly episodes follow construction progress, costs, and lessons learned. They also show how to make specialized tools - vinyl templates for parts, shave horses, rivet-making jigs, etc. This episode focuses on tips for how to accomplish the very important "forest scavenger hunt" to find the perfect white oak branches with the right grain directions for each Viking boat frame, bulkhead, and oar lock.