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Fall of 2008 ushered a collaboration between the Herring cultural museum Siglufjörður and boats Protection Centre North Norway Gratangen. The project's goal was to restore the boatsbuilding in Siglufjörður, share knowledge between countries and learn new skills. Two Siglfirðingar, Bjorn Jonsson carpenter and Örlygur Kristfinnsson, Director of the museum. Stayed in Grataengen for several weeks course in the boat building. A year later, Bjorn Lillevoll boatbuilder came to Siglufjördur and in cooperation with Thoroddsen Herring Cultural museum they built the boat with the eyfirska desigin. The method used was the same for "boat Soffía on the peninsula", built in Shipyard in Siglufjörður 1934. This method is considered appropriate to restore organized old knowledge of traditional boatbuilding. Two men besides, Bjorn Jonsson and Sveinn Thorsteinsson, from the Grand Old Shipyard, arrived to give a helping hand in the construction of the boat.

The Slide picture above is from the construction of Sofia in the summer of 2009.