What’s with this sudden interest with the Vasa? I remember reading about it in the 60’s and how they were going to spray the hull with glycol for 50 years to preserve the wood, and thinking I’d never live long enough for that to end...
I visited the Vasa around 1973. It was nothing but a pile of rotten beams. It is definitely not a 17th Century version of the USS Constitution.
It was the 59th anniversary this year of the raising of the Vasa:
Celebrate the raising of the Vasa
My son visited the Vasa Museum when he was in Sweden a few years ago. I've got a magnet from the museum on my fridge, and a book about the ship that he brought back to me.