North Sailing’s tour, ‘NS2 – Whales, Puffins and Sails’ has been a real susses this summer and with doubled departures from last year many more have gotten the chance to enjoy sailing on Haukur, Iceland’s only schooner. ‘NS2’ also seems to appeal more to Icelanders than the standard whale watching tour and we look forward…
Michael Tetley, a British marine biologist that specialises in minke whales visited Husavik for 2 weeks this summer, conducting research on the minke whales. The research is in cooperation with the Húsavík Whale Museum which frequently gets scientists from all over the world volunteering to work at the Museum. Within the very short time Michael…
Last night the Blue Whales returned to the bay to much joy of around 40 passengers travelling with North Sailing boats, in the beautiful midnight sun. The bay has been full of live in the past few days and our crew has spotted at least four minke whales and large schools of dolphins, up to…
During the last two days winds have been high in Husavik and Skjalfandi bay and as a result we haven’t been able to go out whale watching. To make the most of the time the on-duty crew was sent on a rescue drill which Hrólfur Þórhallsson, North Sailing’s most experienced captain, lead. The wind is…
North Sailing’s tour ‘Whales, Puffins & Sails’ has been very popular among tourists in Husavik this summer. This summer the departures are twice as many as last summer, daily at 09:30 and 17:00. As the name indicates, the tour offers a combination of whale & bird watching and sailing on Iceland’s only schooner. This tour…
A Blue Whale has been seen from North Sailing´s boats a few minutes ago, to much joy of our crew and passengers. The Blue Whale is the largest animal that has ever lived on the earth and can be up to 33 meters in length, weigh 120 tons and their blows can be as high…
After a few days without seeing a humpback whale, North Sailing vessel Bjössi Sör found a humpback this morning. Not only was the humpback entertaining our guests this morning but also minke whales and dolphins. In the last few days up to 200 dolphins have been sighted on our trips and that is a spectacular…
The atmosphere on board Knörrin last Wednesday was unique: medieval and romantic. Eight spanish gentlemen who study engineering in Valencia are these days traveling around Iceland. But what makes their visit so special and remarkable is that during their stay in Iceland they wear spanish national costumes and play and sing spanish traditional folksongs. They…
The sun brings about a smile on everybodys face and the same can be said about the whales. This week has been sunny and the whales seem to enjoy the weather as much as everybody else. A young sun-lover stopped by the boat Knörrinn on Thursday, the 14th of July – The Bastille Day. This…
There are examples of passengers returning for North Sailing´s whale watching year after year, and some people even take several tours pr. stay. Oscar and Marina Armanini from Switzerland were in Húsavík last summer and went out 3 times with North Sailing. This summer they returned and now they are staying 11 nights in Húsavík,…
The busiest season of the year is approaching fast and in the last few days number of passengers have been up to 400 pr. day with up to 12 different departures at North Sailing. The life in the bay has been vibrant. Several Minke whales together with dolphins have been our regular performers, with up…
Earlier this week majority of North Sailing’s and Whale Museum’s staff ventured out on a truly amazing evening tour on Skjalfandi Bay. We sailed on Haukur, North Sailing’s Schooner, and started the trip with a stop in Puffin Island. Everyone went ashore exploring the island which is a home of 200.000 puffins. When back onboard…
The first official “Swedish Days” festival took place in Husavik last week and judging by peoples reaction, this festival is here to stay and will be continued annually around the Mid-Summer Festival (24th June). One of the highlights of the festival was a historic cruse to Nattfaravikur. North Sailing and Restaurant Salka invited the inhabitants…
The annual Whale Festival in Husavik was held last weekend. A lot was happening all over town, and on the Friday the staff from the Museum made a Blue Whale from sand on the beach in Husavik. The whale was measured 33 meters and weighed around 190 tons, which equals to the largest of Blue…
When the sun arrived after cold and windy days it brought with it many smiling faces. Today was one of the busiest days in June for North Sailing as we had 3 additional departures for special groups. In total around 360 passengers sailed on the calm bay with dolphins and minke whales coming close to…
This week we’re celebrating the first “Swedish Days” festival in Husavik. Husavik has close links to Sweden, the most important one being a Swede called Garðar Svavarsson and his slave Náttfari, where the first Nordic people to discover Iceland. Gardar settled in Husavik and lived here over the winter. When departing back to Sweden he…
Never before has North Sailing staff been as busy as now. Apart from the normal duties of captains, guides, engineers, and office staff we’re now building a 120 m2 service building and renovating an old historic house. North Sailing now employs around 30 people, but including the builders, electricians & plumbers working on the construction…
Despite windy and gloomy weather in the past week the bay seems to be full of live. Our boats have spotted 4 humpbacks, a few minke whales and numbers of dolphins and harbour porpoises. The weather doesn’t seem to have affected the foreign tourists travelling in the north, but the Icelanders aren’t keen to travel…
It seems that Iceland is becoming a very popular honeymoon destination. In the last couple of weeks North Sailing has welcomed four honeymoon couples and many more have booked to arrive this summer. North Sailing’s staff does their utmost to make the day as memorable as possible for the newlyweds. Last week we had two…
Last week North Sailing’s crew, onboard Bjossi Sor, ventured on a trip to the town of Dalvik in Eyjafjordur bay. There they picked up 50 passengers travelling with an incentive group organized by an Austrian insurance company. They sailed on the beautiful bay with experienced and knowledgeable guides which spotted two humpback whales. The whales…
Husavik is becoming a popular destination for sailing boats from all over the world. Today two of them are moored in the harbour with many more expected this season. KK The picture shows the two sailing boats with North Sailing’s schooner, Haukur in the background.