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.
After a cold start of the season it has now started warming up and the bay seems to be livelier by the day. In so cases humpbacks, minke whales, harbour porpoise and dolphins have been spotted on the same trip. Yesterday a humpback breached just by the side of one of North Sailing’s boats offering…
Earlier this week North Sailing staff had the pleasure of having onboard, a honeymoon couple from Germany. Despite the cold northerly winds, they enjoyed the trip. On their return Nils, one of our guides, handed them a small gift as a souvenir from their visit to Husavik. We wish them all the best in the…
Earlier this week a group of 60 purples and teachers from Reykjahlidarskoli in the Lake Myvatn region ventured out on Nattfari, North Sailing´s largest boat. The trip was a success and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. They then visited the renowned Whale Museum which is always popular with the younger generation. KK
Today, 26 passengers of Knorrinn were lucky enough to see the first humpback whale of the season. Crew of Knorrinn in this trip were Hrolfur Thorhallsson, now steering a Whale watching boat on Skjálfandi Bay for his 8th consecutive season, and Hilda Kristjánsdóttir, guide. HH A humpback whale near m/b Knörrinn Captain Hrólfur Thorhallsson
North Sailing ventured out on its first scheduled tour of the season, on the 4th of May. Onboard were 35 passengers, who experienced the wildlife Skjalfandi Bay offers, and as a bonus, thousands of puffins had arrived early. All in all an unforgettable trip. KK
Yesterday, North Sailing had the pleasure of hosting a group of employees from the Icelandair office in London. They were here to study North Sailing´s operation and see what Húsavík has to offer. Although the official whale watching season hasn´t started yet, nobody could resist sailing out to the beautiful bay as conditions were great,…
Last summer a survey was conducted among North Sailing´s passengers, on their views and feelings regarding the company´s service standards and issues, such as whaling. Elsa M. Jakobsdottir, studying sociology at the University of Iceland, lead the project in cooperation with the Husavik Academic Centre. The survey expressed positive and encouraging results for North Sailing…
North Sailing buys and restores a historic house in Husavik´s centre. Recently North Sailing bought a historic building in the centre of Husavik, and plans to convert it into flats. Work has already started on the house and is scheduled to finish in early June. The building was previously the home of a corner shop…
The text below is borrowed from www.icewhale.is, the website of the Whale Museum in Husavik. In Old Icelandic Sagas, around seventeen stories describe the relationship between humans and whales. Though, none of these stories portray whaling or processing of the meat. In former times, with the fishing boats being much smaller, it is not hard…
North Sailing´s roundup of the year 2004 is now on the web. Please click the link on the top of the page to read it.
On the 1st March, Kristrun Konradsdottir will take over as North Sailing´s Sales and Marketing manager from Heimir Hardarson one of the company´s owners. North Sailing feels very lucky having Kristrun onboard and hopes that her experience and education will be of good use for the company. Kristrun graduated from the University of Akureyri (B.S.c…
Over one night almost a meter thick layer of snow accumilated in Húsavík. This is the heaviest snowfall in one night for a long time. This snow will ensure us white christmas which is of course essential to enjoy the holidays to the full. The following pictures where taken in Húsavík today. HH Restaurant Gamli…
Back in 1997, North sailing bought the historical house “Hallandi”, located just off Husavik´s main road, with great views of the harbour and Skjalfandi bay. Last year the company started rebuilding the house and that way, guarantee its presence in the town for years to come. Due to its great location and quirky looks “Hallandi”…
