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  • John Regehrregehr@mastodon.social
    Oct 10, 2026, 12:24 PM

    I saw the Vasa today!! absolutely cool af as museums go— it has tragedy, comedy, adventure, plenty of history, just a great way to spend an hour

    A huge 400 year old wooden ship!!!
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  • Prabhakar Ragdeplragde@mstdn.social
    Oct 10, 2026, 12:55 PM

    @regehr We also enjoyed visiting it! Lots of interesting details to learn about. And just the sheer size and state of preservation is impressive.

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  • ohadohad@mathstodon.xyz
    Oct 10, 2026, 12:59 PM

    @regehr It's a fascinating shrine to bad and toxic management. Well recommended!

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  • dataramadatarama@hachyderm.io
    Oct 10, 2026, 1:37 PM

    @regehr The ship itself is absolutely breathtaking just by virtue of its size.

    ...though perhaps the king should have let his actual shipbuilding experts take over a little earlier in the process.

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  • Björn Fahllerrollbear@fosstodon.org
    Oct 10, 2026, 2:48 PM

    @regehr @datarama I went with my team many years ago, and took advantage of a guide. The guide was very confused by many uncomfortable laughs at inconvenient moments in the story telling.

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  • Evelyn Estelledragonfi@social.jsteuernagel.de
    Oct 11, 2026, 8:00 AM

    @vnikolov @regehr I don't remember that one. (And I usually remember unit mismatch problems.) (Edit: there was actually unit mismatch too.)

    On the other hand we have:

    1. Pressure to finish by a strict deadline.
    2. Apprentice with less experience needs to take over after his master's death.
    3. Unreasonable request for highly experimental features. Two rows of cannons were never used in this kind of ship, so there was a lot of guess-work involved. (Which rigorous testing should have caught, see below.)
    4. Nobody being in a position where they could confidently say that the project is not ready. (Even the admiral who have overseen the final stability test stopped the testing when it stared to look like the ship will fail. Presumably even he wasn't comfortable telling the king that the project must be delayed.)

    Prosecuted: absolutely no-one. The shipwright was already dead, the rest just followed instructions and the king is the king...

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  • Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николовvnikolov@ieji.de
    Oct 11, 2026, 9:01 AM

    @dragonfi

    Right, and thank you for listing the main points of the whole picture.

    It seems a measurement unit mix-up did happen in addition to the above, perhaps only "adding insult to injury":

    «During construction both Swedish feet (of 29.69 cm) and Amsterdam feet (of 28.31 cm) were in use by different teams. Four rulers used by the workmen who built the ship have been found; two were calibrated in Swedish feet, of 12 Swedish inches, and the other two were calibrated in Amsterdam feet, of 11 Amsterdam inches. The use of different units of length on the two sides of the vessel caused the ship to be heavier on the port side.[103]»

    <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_%28>

    @regehr

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  • Samlenary@types.pl
    Oct 10, 2026, 6:16 PM

    @regehr I don't think I could get out of there after only an hour :)

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  • John Regehrregehr@mastodon.social
    Oct 10, 2026, 8:50 PM

    @daniel it's a good question. the ship is clearly setup to allow visitors, but certainly it's not the masses. some sort of VIP pass would be needed.

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  • Jordan Biserkovjbiserkov@mas.to
    Oct 11, 2026, 2:55 AM

    @regehr @daniel
    it used to be you had to have the gold membership for five years in a row. But then they found the inside is deteriorating faster than expected so they’ve closed it to the public. There are videos online how it looks inside on the museum YouTube page I think.

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  • peter honeymanpeterhoneyman@a2mi.social
    Oct 11, 2026, 2:19 AM

    @regehr it’s very cool, I’ve been a couple times. (My daughter lives in Stockholm.) And the backstory just slays me.

    If you have a minute, my favorite Stockholm museum is Fotografiska. Their exhibitions are always fabulous.

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