For Your Informaiton. This was sent tothe LongshipCo address. - Terry From: Penn Szittya <szittypr@... To: longshipco@... Subject:...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 2, 2000 1:50 pm
Another interesting FYI from James Howell-- - Terry Living and Reliving the Icelandic Sagas The traveling Exhibition Living and Reliving the Icelandic Sagas is...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 2, 2000 3:25 pm
Greetings! There is a voyage of the FYRDRACA on May 7th at Noon at Oakley Farm. We will be practicing the following: Rowing commands Putting the sail up Taking...
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Julius Lee Watts
jleewatts@...
May 5, 2000 4:37 pm
I will not be able to attend the voyage this weekend nor the board meeting afterwards. I will endeaver to make it to the next voyage (with maybe some garb for...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 8, 2000 1:47 pm
Greetings, All! We are staffing a variety of demos this year. We need people to help out. If you are interested in helping, please contact me. July 22 through...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 8, 2000 2:08 pm
Greetings! Yesterday's voyage was a success, though very hot! The moment we raised the sail, the wind died--so we ended up rowing most of the way. We...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 9, 2000 4:44 pm
From Lydia Koeller. Thanks, Lydia!! ... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail...
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longshipco@...
May 9, 2000 10:37 pm
Greetings! Bill Riley reminded me that TIME magazine for May 8, 2000 has an article on Vikings, not to mention a Viking all over the cover. The May, 2000 issue...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 9, 2000 10:44 pm
For those of you interested in historical Tablet Weaving, here is a new book. Nancy is not a member of the Longship Company; but she has participated in some...
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Eowyn
eowyn@...
May 10, 2000 1:21 pm
The Chair of Publications (aka Minister of Truth aka Minister of Propaganda) is looking for people who are interested in helping get word of the Longship...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 10, 2000 8:16 pm
Greetings! We are hauling the FYRDRACA out of the water on Friday May 12. We will then measure her for the submersible trailer and caulk some strakes that...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 10, 2000 8:17 pm
Greetings! We are hauling the FYRDRACA out of the water on Friday May 12. We will then measure her for the submersible trailer and caulk some strakes that...
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Sandy Straubhaar
orchzis@...
May 12, 2000 3:28 pm
Yes, it's true. It was on display at the 35th International Congress on Medieval Studies last weekend in Kalamazoo. I believe there's a picture at their Web...
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Ceecy Nucker
ccnucker@...
May 12, 2000 6:41 pm
Yes, it's true. There was a "shortship" at the 35th International Congress of Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, and I paid it a visit during the...
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Sandy Straubhaar
orchzis@...
May 13, 2000 2:00 am
Hey ! I vas dere too, Ceecy. I'll probably be there next year too, probably in one of the Old Norse sessions. Were you there & we didn't recognize each ...
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jamesahowell@...
May 13, 2000 5:19 am
... Perhaps we should challenge them to a race? Or at least invite them down for something we do-the more boats the merrier! Regards, James...
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jamesahowell@...
May 13, 2000 5:19 am
I actually met one of their folks once, and was told that they started their Longship Co. after meeting ours (we apparently inspired them!). Don't be too hard...
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Lee Watts
jleewatts@...
May 14, 2000 11:46 pm
I spoke to my sister at my birthday party yesterday and she went home and found the following site concerning the making of nets for fishing. Please read at...
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Lee Watts
jleewatts@...
May 15, 2000 4:19 am
Sorry, for some reason the site address was not posted to the previous message. Here it is: http://www.regia.org/fishing.htm Sorry for the problem...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 15, 2000 3:38 pm
Don't knock them. The GYRFALCON is made of plywood, too. The Hampton Mariner's museum couldn't afford oak planks that wide. The faering from Minersville Area...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 15, 2000 8:25 pm
Ceecy - They should have known it could float. They took it out on the water in 1999 in PA for sea trials and rowed it around. They rowed it around at the ...
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J. Comer
jcomer@...
May 17, 2000 4:04 pm
Hello, Hemp proper is available from lots of places, most cheaply from the Ohio Hempery in Guysville. They sell cordage in several sizes and I was going to...
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Keith R Doms
doms@...
May 18, 2000 12:19 pm
I ment to tell you all when I was down at the exhibit that I saw the Lief Erickison video on the rival Philadelphia public broadcasting station, WYBE, a week...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 18, 2000 3:39 pm
Greetings! There will be an overnight voyage this weekend, May 20 and 21. The FYRDRACA is at the Colton Point Marina. E-mail or call me for directions. Bring...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 19, 2000 5:59 pm
Greetings! The Baltimore Sun has contacted Janet and asked if they can do an article about us. Of course we said yes. They are pulling a photographer off of ...
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Eowyn
eowyn@...
May 19, 2000 6:10 pm
I request that anyone who gets the paper save a copy for me. Also, can we get copies of any pictures and permission to put them (and maybe the article) on the...
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Ceecy Nucker
ccnucker@...
May 21, 2000 8:39 pm
Just checked the Viking Trail website www.vikingtrail.org/index2.html, and found to my dismay that there were links to 10 longship organizations (through the...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
May 24, 2000 8:26 pm
Greetings! I sent a message to the LAM people earlier stating that the cost for 18 people to go to LAM was $92 per person. I SHOULD have priced it for 20...
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Keith R Doms
doms@...
Jun 1, 2000 4:53 pm
On Tuesday evening I herd NPR's Talk of the Nation. This episode was on Vikings and the Viking exhibit in the Smithsonian. While I did not hear the full...
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Board of Trustees
longshipco@...
Jun 5, 2000 4:42 pm
Greetings! If you are thinking of going on the June 11 voyage, please read this entire message. There is a voyage on June 11 at Noon. If you've been on a...
