Particulars
- See This Boat's Main Listing on the Web
- Length:
- 19 ft 2 in
- Type:
- Sail & Oar
- Hull Material:
- Wood
- Builder:
- Erik Friberg
- Year Built:
- 2010
- Power:
- n/a
- Asking Price:
- $9,600
- Name:
- ROWALLAN
- Location:
- Greenwich, CT, US
- Contact Name:
- Rob Muir
- Contact Email:
- robmuirphoto@yahoo.com
Off Center Harbor's Remarks
This Norse Faering is a smart sailer and a wonderful camp cruiser, all with a dash of Viking charm.
Description from Boat's Main Listing
A thousand-year-old design with state-of-the-art contemporary features. The seaworthy four-oar boats are direct decedents of the Viking vessels of old that sailed the oceans blue. Similar to the popular Caledonia Yawls yet much lighter, faster and easier to launch and retrieve.
I bought the boat for a summer of rowing with my wife on the East Coast. In the fall, the varnish was refreshed with three coats of gloss spar varnish and the white areas repainted. New varnish on the four spoon sculls.
Built in 2010 in Seattle by Erik Friberg, a builder who spent two years in Norway to learn the craft and understand the design.
LOD: 19′ 2″
LWL: 16′ 9″
Beam: 63″
Draft: 7″ board up 42″ board down
Sail area: Main 108 sq. ft, mizzen 18 sq. ft.
Weight: 175 lbs.
Riveted and glued lapstrake construction with six strakes per side.
Carbon fiber unstayed (floating) spars weighing about 13 lbs.
Lug rig with reefs in both main with mizzen.
Piantedosi movable sliding seat monorail system.
Brass hardware and oarlocks.
Collared eye in bow for mooring and trailering.
Sails by Douglas Fowler.
Daggerboard and rudder with epoxy and graphite
Heavy duty large-wheeled trailer.
West Marine boat cover from last year.
All parts fit inside the boat for travel. The rowing stations can be stored in the bow for sailing. The spars can be lowered and stored in the boat for rowing with boom and sails wrapped to masts.