Anna Olava
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Reuse is not a modern day concept. In the past, when a boat was no longer sea worthy, the wood was resued as building materials on land. Boat timber found in the walls of boat houses and moorings made it possibe to create a full reconstruction of the Sunmøre sailing boat âAnna Olavaâ. These sailing boats sailed along the coast from the Middle Ages and for many hundred years after. It is said that it is these boats that made it possible for people to live here in Havlandet. They sailed to Bergen with goods such as herring, dried fish, cod liver oil and roe, skins and furs. And came home again loaded with corn, salt, wine, textiles and other goods. This boat was named after Anna Olava who was married to Sivert Olsen, a tradesman on Herøy Farm. She was a housewife at the trading post for 14 years and had responsibility for a large household. She therefore needed many of the goods that the Sunmøre boats came with!