Viking Longboat Urn

Description

The Viking Longboat Urn

The Viking Longboat Urn will give a send off to remember: set upon the water, set adrift and set alight. Then as the fire ebbs away the boat sinks gracefully below the water.

Handmade from sustainable wood, finished to a very high standard. With crafted detail – shields, a striped sail and steering oars.

You simply place the cremated ashes in to hull of the boat, put the deck back in place. Then adrift and alight on a lake or calm sea.

Alternatively they can be buried like the famous boat at Sutton Hoo, in East Anglia.

They come with a stand so you can keep them on display as long as you’d like before the ceremony, or on display permanently if you wish.

They also come with two pegs that go into the hull of the boat, this is to adjust the length of time the boat floats on the water.

The Viking boat comes in three sizes:

The Standard Viking Longboat Urn:

The standard boat will contain most sets of ashes. However we can’t know the amount of ashes you have*

• Length 81cm / 32″
• Height (without stand) 43cm / 17″
• Height (with stand) 46cm / 18″
• Width 18cm / 7″
• Capacity 155 cubic inches / 2.5Ltrs

The King (Jarl) Size Viking Long Boat Urn

Not everyone’s ashes are the same size so to accommodate one large set of ashes or potential two smaller sets of ashes we can provide the extra large size or Jarl boat*

• Length 100cm/ 32″
• Height (without stand) 46cm / 17″
• Height (with stand) 49cm / 18″
• Width 20cm / 7″
• Capacity 274 cubic inches / 4.5Ltrs

Personalisation

We can arrange for a beautiful inscription into the deck of the boat for a small additional charge. We adjust the size of the wording depending on your word choice.

Viking Ashes Memorial Ring

We do a Viking Ashes Memorial Ring with a classic Viking design of top, so you are able to keep a little of that Viking spirit with you wherever you go.

Shipping

We ship next day free of charge, for more delivery information please click here.

We deliver these boats to across the world at reasonable shipping costs, so when you get to the checkout it will calculate your shipping costs for most countries. If not please contact us and we can confirm this for you.

*Capacity and Choice

We can’t know the amount of ashes you have that is why have produced two sizes, the standard and the large. If the ashes weigh over 5lbs then you will fill the standard boat and if the boat is full it will sit lower in the water and then if there is any swell/ waves / turbulence, water can get in and sink the boat quickly. The large boat can handle up to around 10 lbs in weight.

What others say about the Viking Longboat Urn

As Charles Cowling original author of the Good Funeral Guide puts it about the Viking send off: It is spectacular. The flames rise to the heavens as the wind fills the longboat’s sails and it journeys. There is compelling emotional and spiritual appeal in this imagery, of journeying, transition, transfiguration and consummation. The spirit rises as the craft moves over the face of the waters; that which is earthly is subsumed by the sea. All the elements are present: earth, air, fire, water. And there is an inexorable dynamic.

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“I have to tell you that we had the service of my husband’s ashes done on Lake Superior recently with the Viking Boat Urn. It was the most beautiful service. Calm waters, rose petals from his funeral and wild flowers thrown by people into the water as the Viking Boat Urn burned and sailed. We had beautiful sailing music. Waters were very calm. Took 33 minutes to go down. We actually had to start the engine of our boat to circle him so there were waves. The third wave worked and the Viking Boat Urn went down. After that had a pink sunset on the water and then the full super moon. Was an incredible evening and just what he had wanted. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!” Deb, USA

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“I have just received my Longboat Urn, and even though I have not fully unwrapped it yet – I can see it and I am delighted with it – it is stunning and so well made. Really beautiful. I am so thrilled with it. Thank you so very much. Brian will be smiling. I never imagined I would be able to give Brian his final wishes in such a dignified and beautiful way. Thank you so very much. I will keep in touch with your website, With warmest wishes” Alyson, UK

“Thank you so much, my viking ship arrived today, and is very impressive, it is going to be on my sideboard for the next few months.” Lesley, UK

Want to see the Viking Longboat urn in action?

See link for the Viking Boat ceremony we filmed in Somerset. This is a natural process with wood, fire and water so we can’t predict accurately how long the boat will, the amount of fuel used, the weather and turbulence all have an impact. The calmer the water the longer it stays afloat.

Viking Longboat Urn