Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1898 — Oldest Sailing Vessel. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Sailing Vessel.

The oldest sailing craft in the world is the so-called Goldstad ship, a Viking vessel, which was discovered in a sepulchral mound on the shores of Christiania fjord. It is 1,000 years old. He that is always calm is always brave.