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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Decades ago, read an article on Viking ships in SAIL magazine. One sailboat designer whose name I can't recall said the hull design gleaned from archeological finds made him believe they were very fast under sail...close to modern monohull cruising yacht speed.
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That's what I've gleaned from my initial research as well. Apparently, their construction also allowed them to kind of move through rough water more or less like a "slinky", kind of conforming and rolling and twisting. It sounds like a lot of that was due to their heavy keel beams and "clinker built" (overlapping plank) construction.