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Gaia
Stationary in Sandefjord.
Signal 16 min ago 59.12298°N, 10.23138°E Destination Sandefjor
This is Gaia
The Gaia ship is a replica of the 9th century Viking Gokstad ship. It was built in 1990 and departed Bergen for North America on 17 May 1991.
History
In the late 1980s, Knut Utstein Kloster was cosponsoring a millennial celebration for Leif Eriksson's voyage to North America, "Vinland Revisited." To re-enact this voyage, Kloster requested an exact replica of the 1,000-year-old Gokstad ship. The Gaia ship is an exact replica of the Gokstad ship. It was constructed during the winter of 1989–1990 in Bjørkedal in Volda Municipality. On 17 May 1991 it was sailed by Ragnar Thorseth to North America to mark the 1000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson's founding of Vinland. It was named Gaia on 19 June 1991 by Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the President of Iceland, during this voyage. While in on its voyage, a number of prominent people visited the ship, including President George H. W. Bush in the U.S.
Recently at sea
She has not put to sea in the past 30 days. Yacht Tracker has been following her position since October 18, 2026.
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Specifications
Design
- Delivered
- 1990
- Gross tonnage
- 26 GT
- Guests
- 30
- Home port
- Sandefjord
Identification
- MMSI
- 258370000
- Call sign
- LGGI
Navigation
- Declared destination
- Sandefjor
- Track (24 h)
- 6.4 km
- Speed
- 0.0 knots
- Days at sea (30 d)
- 0
- Tracked since
- October 18, 2026
- Last signal
- 16 min ago
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