To build the fastest drakkar in the world, the inhabitants of Toulouse from the company Bátar (boat in Icelandic) took up residence at the Dry dock, In Toulouse. An emblematic place, classified as a historical monument, usually reserved for maintenance, except for the longship, the only boat to be built there.
It will be the third Viking ship built by the Bátar company, but this time with they go cross the Atlantic. The route was not chosen at random. “It’s a mythical crossingexplains Thomas Devineaux, the project captain. It is the first from Europe, from the old continent, to America. The Vikings discovered the new world 500 years before Christopher Columbus. It’s a difficult crossing, so an opportunity to show the performance of the crew, the boat, in a hostile and unique environment..”
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With this third project, the people of Toulouse want to cross a new march. “Faster, bigger and further, we went from 5, 12 to 28 meters today, proudly says Thomas Devineaux. Today, we are able to cross the sea between Denmark and Norway. There we want to cross the ocean, so we change dimension.”
A challenge but above all an expedition, to discover remote areas“it will allow us to go to areas where we are not used to going. The Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, to see the state of nature, we will see if we see little or no ice at that time.”
250 participants in the design and construction, 35 crew members… The project is open to everyone“we are looking for motivated people“, to register, you have to go to the Bátar company website. The drakkar Orkan, literally “hurricane boat” in Icelandic, will set sail for America in the spring of 2024.