Although we no longer have our longboat called Astrid due to the fact that Regia Anglorum the re-enactment group who gave the boat in good faith for our restoration and use, came last March and took them back down South. We are still fund raising.

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First Marygate York Raft Regatta.
 Sunday 19th July 2009

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For all those interested, we had intended to hold a Viking boat challenge on the Ouse for the Viking Festival in February, however logistics and the chance that the river will be un navigable due to flooding. has led us to postpone this event until the festival of rivers later in the year. We apologise to all those who were looking forward to this event

Jorvik Afloat aims to build a faithful replica Viking Longship that will be as good as any that currently exists in Europe. The Longship will not only be the show piece of the annual York Viking Festival but at many similar Viking festivals held around the UK So the opportunities for a significant Sponsor are enormous. We see the Longship as an impressive resource for use by individuals, groups, education bodies or companies who want to use it to fire people's imagination and interest in traditional and modern heritage.

To do this we need to raise money. There is no public money available for a project of this nature. So we need to obtain sponsorship funding from local or national organisations in exchange for which they will be able to promote their name and their products or services.

We can only achieve our goal with help from our friends and supporters

We know that in order to achieve all our objectives we need to raise a substantial sum of money or have physical/material support provided. Approximately £100,000 is needed to start construction of the Longship, which should take between six and nine months and we estimate a further 100,000 to support the boat, including a trailer and all the ancillary equipment through the ships first few years of events.