The last few weeks have been absolutely amazing whalewise. We have had lots of humpback whales, minke whales, white-beaked dolphins and we even had a blue whale coming into the bay for one day. The humpbacks are of course one of the best whales for watching, being calm, easy to approach, occasionaly curious and raising…
Last night Hildur departed for Greenland after a long preperation. The boat was on schedule and the crew was enthusiastic to get going. It was already getting dark when the boat left the harbour after the final goodbyes. One of our schooner deckhands was there with a camera and snapped some pictures. The boat…
The first reason North Sailing’s owners bought Knörrinn, the first boat, was the preservation of old Icelandic fishing vessels; many of which lay rotting in harbours all around Iceland. As beautiful as the boats look today most of them were in bad condition when North Sailing bought them and it took a lot of work…