Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "The Viking Longship: How They Were Invented, Built and Used" video.

  1. I've sailed ships descendant from the viking ships. They will indeed roll off. The wood floats on its own, even when the ship is full of water (although your cargo will be lost) When the ballast rolls out you can turn that boat around while floating outside the ship. We did exercises with small boats in school, intentionally capsizing, getting back to the boat, turning it back around, getting into it and bailing out the water then jumping back out into the cold water and swimming ashore (in desember, with sea ice on the shore).
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