These last months our boats have been undergoing routine maintenance so they'll be at their very best during the summer. The springtime is the peak of this maintenance period and in the last days and weeks the number of workers has increased so the job will be done in time. From June 1st we start to…
Last weekend, Arved Fuchs and his team celebrated 20 years of expeditions with the "haikutter" Dagmar Aaen. This highly successful 18 meter long former fishing cutter built in Esbjerg 1931 has covered more miles than most of it's like. Dagmar Aaen posing in front of the party venue and the guests. Hörður Sigurbjarnarson and…
At the end of May, North Sailing will offer the first out of six scheduled 3 day sailings this summer. We are talking about a three day exciting adventure sailing on Haukur, Iceland's only schooner, which offers you a close encounter with nature, interesting historic sites, magnificent midnight sun, sail training, whale & bird watching &…
A model of the famous Canadian schooner Bluenose will shortly be a part of the North Sailing fleet. The The original Bluenose model is made by Árni Sör, brother of North Sailing's chieftain Bjössi Sör, better known as grandpa. The original Bluenose was designed by William Roué and launched in 1921 as a racing…
Lately schooner Haukur has been in the Akureyri shipyard for improvements of facilities. The main purpose is to increase bunkbeds so after the improvements Haukur will have the possibility to sleep 11 people. The cabin in front when the old bunkbeds had been torn down 7 new bunkbeds have been built, five in the cabin in front and two in the crew cabin. The passenger cabin…
After a highly successful season of NS2 (Whales, Puffins & Sails) had ended, Schooner Haukur haeded out for a 3 day adventure. The crew was Nils the head guide of Haukur, also playing the role of boatsman and last but not least the cook! Captain Heimir got to go on this wonderful tour for the first time and his and…
The great fish day is an annual festival held in the beginning of August in Dalvíkurbyggð. This year, North Sailing was invited to be „Honorary guest from sea“ and we sailed with our schooner Haukur to Dalvík where guests were invited for a tour on board. From 11:00-16:00 there was non-stop traffic of visitors to…
The 40 meter long Schooner Activ just after arrival in Húsavík this morning. The 20 meter long Schooner Haukur is very small in comparison. This morning a majestic 3 mast schooner sailed into Húsavík harbour. Danish built in 1951, Schooner Activ is owned by the Baltic Schooner Company and registered in London. Captain Jonas Bergsoe and…
The NS-2 season started June 20th and will go on until 15th of August. The first tours have been excellent, plenty of whales, thousands of puffins and a good northerly wind that allows us to turn off the engine and put up sails to get us back home. Blue whale blowing close to…
This winter on his visit to Húsavík, polar explorer Arved Fuchs invited North Sailing to participate with him and his Dagmar Aaen crew during the RumRegatta festival in Flensburg. Mast forest at the Flensburg fjord. It was an offer that was too good to turn down so North Sailing sent 4 men to go onboard…
