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2023-06-05
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A new bench for the Captain
Day 37: Sunday, June 4, 2023
Perfect harbour service in Kitzingen
Thursday night (June 1) we docked in Kitzingen, where we met Hildebrand, the harbour master who was very helpful in providing us with power, water and facilities!
A gift from Heiko Baumann - Oregon Pine for a Captain's Bench
One of the people from the tourism board who came on board in Wurzburg had spread the word of the viking ship arriving to her father in Kitzingen, Heiko Baumann, who came to see the ship. He’s a restoration carpenter and the beautiful woodwork of the boat fascinated him. He offered to build us a bench for the stern of the ship (which has been on Captain Bjørn’s wishlist the whole leg!) but sadly we weren’t staying long enough, so instead he gifted us two planks of Oregon pine to build our own.
That’s been Bjørn’s project the past few days, and with great success!