[OntarioTheLake]

Bad weather. One American dead.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/viking-ship-sinking-norway-american-karla-dana/

 

[paulk]

Sorry to hear. We sailed in a Danish Viking Ship replica at the museum in Roskilde. Ours was about 40' long, with just one mast. (The news report says the capsized boat had two masts.) Not a lot of freeboard, so 16' waves (also per the report) would be tricky to handle, especially in the dark.

 

[LaPoodella]

Bad weather. One American dead.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/viking-ship-sinking-norway-american-karla-dana/

I'd like to thank you for posting, but clicking on "like" isn't quite the correct message. I don't "like" that the ship went down and someone was lost. I don't "like" the story. I'm interested because every time a boat has trouble I like to know about it in case I can learn something for future sailing.

 

[LaPoodella]

Bad weather. One American dead.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/viking-ship-sinking-norway-american-karla-dana/

American archaeologist drowns after boat sinks on Viking voyage

The woman had posted about the sea's "wild beauty" and "nature’s raw power" before the boat sank.

www.bbc.com

This article had more details. It wasn't a viking ship it was a Faroes Island fishing boat making a Viking course. It was an open boat. The capsized boat didn't have a lot of space under it where the archeologist was trapped. If she had on a life jacket and not a lot of ocean experience, she might not have known how to get out from under. Even if she had managed to get out, in those seas should would have had a very hard time getting to the life raft. She might also have had a head injury. I cannot imagine going on an overnight sail over that distance in that boat. In fact, hubby and I have refused to get into boats when touring with a travel group because we were not sure about the sea worthiness. Instead we went for a walk, drank beer at a cafe, and hoped everyone got back to shore safely. They did. (Meanwhile, since I spoke the local language, I overheard fishermen also having doubts about overloading the open fishing boat with that many passengers. I asked how much it cost to hire a boat and it was beans. Even so, hubby declined going out. It was a bird watching tour and we had seen most of the birds they wanted to see many times. We were able to see the only bird I had never seen by hiking a short distance to some cliffs outside the village.)