TFG Events & Workshops

F. Jay Smith

Over the last 45 years Jay Smith has researched and built Nordic lapstrake boats, beginning in a small boat shop on a fjord in western Norway. An additional seven month apprenticeship in the Faroe Islands, sponsored by the Danmark-America Foundation, established a firm footing for future work and study. Since then he has made a living building and repairing boats, specializing in lapstrake construction. Periodic travel and research in Norway, Sweden,and Denmark has strengthened his understanding of Scandinavian culture, history, and boatbuilding. He has made numerous study trips focused on Viking ship construction, has volunteered on the Tønsberg, Norway Oseberg replica (Saga Oseberg), and has consulted with shipwrights, archeologists, and museum curators at the Roskilde Vikingship Museum and the Oslo Vikingship Museum where the original Oseberg is housed.

Presentation

Historical Viking Ship Construction