# Viking Ship Under Construction on the ShopCam

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/viking-ship-under-construction-on-the-shopcam/48151>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/viking-ship-under-construction-on-the-shopcam/48151 "2020-11-18T12:35:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_C\_Harris](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/john_c_harris/32/760_2.png) [@John\_C\_Harris](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_C_Harris)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/viking-ship-under-construction-on-the-shopcam/48151/1 "2020-11-18T12:35:14Z")

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Not quite a Viking ship... It's a replica of a boat built in Denmark around AD 1140 and excavated in the 1990's by the [Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde.](https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/)

It's 7.7 meters or 25'3" long. Originally we were going to build the prototype at the WoodenBoat School back in August but...COVID. Instead we're building the first one here in Annapolis with an in-house crew led by CLC designer Jay Hockenberry. Our riff on the design is all CNC-cut plywood, assembled stitch-and-glue fashion.  
  
**[Watch live on the ShopCam.](https://www.clcboats.com/shopcam/shopcamlive.html)**   
  
**[More here about the Gislinge replica project.](https://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/development-projects/gislinge.html)**

![Gislinge Boat - Chesapeake Light Craft](https://www.clcboats.com/images/photos/boats/gislinge/111820.jpg)

![](https://www.clcboats.com/images/photos/boats/gislinge/Gislinge_Lines_Mockup_II.jpg)

![](https://www.clcboats.com/images/photos/boats/gislinge/Gislinge1.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Dowdell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/dick_dowdell/32/43_2.png) [@Dick\_Dowdell](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Dick_Dowdell)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/viking-ship-under-construction-on-the-shopcam/48151/2 "2020-11-19T16:08:27Z")

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Thank you, John. She's beautiful and you've made her attainable by people who do not have the requisite traditional boatbuilding and woodworking skills and tools.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Barry\_Muller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barry\_Muller](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Barry_Muller)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/viking-ship-under-construction-on-the-shopcam/48151/3 "2020-11-21T09:30:08Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;I so hope you offer this boat as a kit! The only reasons I wouldn't build it would be if I couldn't afford it or I'm physically unable to do the build.&nbsp; Please send along some progress pix.

Thanks