The Munin Viking Ship

My family (2 adults, an 11 year old, and a 6 year old) sailed with the Munin while visiting Vancouver. The adults and crew rowed the ship out to the harbor, then we raised the sail, and cruised around. Once we were under sail, the let us take turns steering, including the 6 year old. It was great fun sailing and we all learned a lot about Vikings and sailing. Highly recommended.

I had heard about the Viking Ship and thought it would be great fun! I found some people and booked a date and was super excited to go out. The communication from the crew was extremely poor and I did not receive responses to either my phone calls or emails after I had locked in the date, and could not even confirm the day before as I was originally requested to do.
I received a phone call as I was leaving my house that we should cancel that day for various reasons, however it was far too late notice and half of the group was already en route. We arrived and the captain was nothing but rude and treated us all like naughty two year olds. I understand the crew are volunteers, however, we also did not volunteer our time to be treated like this.
We literally got told off constantly, got out into the bay, put the sail up, crashed into a stationary boat (low speed — all okay), and then returned back to the dock.
They also requested a $ 20 minimum donation from each of us. It was an awful experience and a total waste of money. I tried to speak to the Maritime Museum about it, but their response was they have nothing to do with them.
As much fun as it originally might sound, Do not do this! It is awful! I cannot say anything good about it. :-(

The Munin is a 40ft replica of a Norwegian viking ship. We found it one day on a stroll by Heritage Harbour, just behind the Maritime Museum. For a donation you can go aboard for a ride. We booked a couple days in advance, got a 1PM time slot and made our way down. There were 3 crew there to meet us and instruct us before the journey. With our oars in we made our way out to English Bay and then set sail around the harbour.