Through the years, some foreigners have been working as tour guide‘s for North Sailing and majority of them are from Germany. Usually they have joined the company after been working for the Whale Museum for one or more season and got to know the operation by going out with our boats, doing research for the museum. Three…
Two of North Sailing´s boats, Schooner Haukur and Bjössi Sör have been up in the shipyard for the past few weeks where they´ve undergone routine maintenance. Since the season start is nearing, things are starting to happen and Schooner Haukur went down from the shipyard last Monday and now some maintenance and improvements are being done…
One of the whale species to be seen during summer time in Skjalfandi Bay is the majestic Humpback whale. In the past years the sightings of Humbacks has increased. Now it is one of he most likely to be seen whale during our tours. The Humpback is a baleen whale, which means that…
The construction work in Gardar has been successful since new year, and non unforeseen problems have come up. Following are some pictures, taken in January and February 2010. HÞ In the Wheelhouse Jonas is tightening the frontdeck with Wool. Adalsteinn is painting the Engine room. Big plans ! Down…
For the past few days there have been up to 10 men working on Garðar in Húsavík harbour. A temporary shelter is beeing built over the boat to make all work easier on deck, giving shelter from rain or snow. Following are a few photos of this week´s work. The shelter is beeing built …
North Sailing has been nominated for the Icelandic Tourist Board´s Environmental Awards 2009. The purpose of the awards is to put focus on tourism organisations that are active in environmental issues. They are meant to encourage tourism companies and their customers to be more concerned about their environment with the industry´s future in mind. This…
Garðar, built in Esbjerg, Denmark is one of the largest oak boats afloat in Iceland Restoration of Garðar, a 109 ton oak boat continued during the summer and this fall the project was put into full swing were around 10-12 men work daily on this complicated and extensive reconstruction. But it’s It´s not only…
Restoration of our 109 ton boat Garðar is in full swing. This week, the boat was moved to another more convenient location in Húsavík harbour where work on the bulwark is carried out. Following are pictures taken today. ÞH
The 2009 season is soon coming to an end and from October 1st – 20th we´ll have one daily departure at 10:00. For booking and information about weather conditions, plese give us a call +354 464 7272, write an e-mail info@northsailing.is or book online.
Hildur came to port in Egernsund this morning and the journey was overall very successful. We´ll post some further news of the sailing when the crew returns to Húsavík. Following pictures were taken this morning when Hildur sailed to port in Egensund. Hildur kom til Egernsund í morgun og gekk ferðin á heildina litið…
From September 5th until September 30th we´ll sail daily at 10:00 and 13:30. For booking and information, please call +354 464 7272, write us an e-mail to info@northsailing.is or book online.
The past two days have been very bad for whale watching. The strong winds from the North have stopped us from going out to sea altogether. We tried going out at twelve o‘clock yesterday but had to turn back as soon as we reached the opening of the harbour. The sea is very rough,…
The Marine Research Institute of Iceland just reported on their webpage www.hafro.is that they have been tracking a blue whale by satellite. The satellite transmitter was put in the blue whale here in Skjálfandi Bay on June 23rd or 56 days ago. During that time the blue whale has traveled approximately 7.700 km. It stayed in Skjálfandi for…
The Blue whale heading south in to the bay © Colin Williams This morning our North Sailing boat, schooner Haukur reported some exciting news to the rest of the fleet: "Some BIG whales out on the horizon north west of Puffin island!" Our two other boats, Knörrinn and Bjössi Sör, who had just left the harbour…
Yesterday captain Hrólfur came into the harbour from his North Sailing whale watching tour number 2000! Hrólfur has been working for North Sailing since the year 2000 but before he had worked for two years at another whale watching company. It's therefore safe to say that there are not a lot of whale watching captains who…
The annual Swedish days and the town festival Mærudagar (sweet-days) were celebrated in Húsavík last week. The weather forecast for the week had not been looking good but fortunately it turned out fine apart from a windy Thursday when North Sailing had to cancel all the trips, including an annual sailing to the settlement of…
William Wright with the crew on Haukur, captain Gísli and guide Martin. Sometimes it happens that people who visit North Sailing simply want to go again and again. That was the case with William Wright from Scotland who has already been on four tours, twice on Schooner Haukur and twice on the regular whale watching.…
The last days in the bay have been really successful. Apart from a windy day today the weather has been at its best, sunny and warm, which makes the whale watching even more memorable. As mentioned on the webpage two days ago we have been enjoying the presence of the blue whales again after they had…
Last night the staff of North Sailing, Restaurant Gamli Baukur, Café Skuld and the crew of kutter Dagmar Aaen got together celebrating the opening of Raggabar. Raggabar is situated under the stairs next to Gamli Baukur and there it is possible to get delicious grilled hamburgers and more good stuff from the grill and of…
After a few amazing weeks with blue whales in the bay they seem to have left us but the humpback whales remain to our passengers great pleasure. The last days have been calm and nice, a bit foggy at times but that luckily hasn't prevented us from finding the humpbacks. They have been staying at…
A mighty Blue whale beside our boat Bjössi Sör It´s been almost 4 weeks since the first Blue whale of the season came into our bay and it´s been truly amazing to enjoy their presence almost every day since! These creatures are truly mysterious and perhaps the most well known and interesting fact about the blue whale…