During the last couple of days we have always seen one or two humpback whales on all our tours, so I was also pretty optimistic today when we left the harbour at 10:00 on „Bjössi Sör“. We set the course towards the area where the humpbacks had been around during the weekend, but the first…
DetailsThis past weekend out on Skjálfandi bay was absolutely amazing! In our 10:00 clock tour on Saturday, me, captain Hrólfur and deckhand Kormákur went out with fully loaded Bjössi Sör and were amazed by the lively Skjálfandi! After taking a look at two humpbacks and not less than five minke whales we headed back to…
DetailsThe last three days, the weather gods had not been on our side here in Húsavík so we couldn’t go out at sea. This morning at 10:00 was our first tour after the storm and it is always exciting to go out again to see what has changed in Skjálfandi Bay. We are of course…
DetailsYesterday Michele Denaro and Paolo Longhi got married onboard schooner Hildur. The couple was in the second group of the Greenland tour and wanted to get married in Iceland. They were very happy to have the wedding down in Hildur since they had just enjoyed a week onboard they both said has left a big…
DetailsThis morning at 10:00 I went out with captain Hrólfur onboard “Bjössi Sör” and when leaving the harbour, we set the course north-west towards the area where we found a minke whale yesterday. We were scanning the area quite well, but instead of finding the minke whale again, we ran into two nice groups of…
DetailsIn 1999 Nils Bjartur Hailer moved from Stuttgart, Germany, to Iceland. Nils joined the crew of North Sailing in 2004 and his interest for wooden sailingboats grew when he came in encounter with schooner Haukur. When Nils was a young boy he heard and read a lot about the adventures of the german explorer…
DetailsLast wednesday, Dagmar Aaen arrived from Arved Fuchs expedition to Greenland (www.arved-fuchs.de). The North Sailing family was happy to have them back in Húsavík and on saturday the crew of Dagmar Aaen were invited to Fellsskógur, a forest in a valley south of Skjálfandi bay. The glacier river, Skjálfandafljót, runs in this valley on its…
DetailsLast days have been strange. Some days have been quiet, not many whales, and if we find some they are hard to follow. Other days have been more than great, tons of dolphins, minkes, humpbacks and even rumours of bottlenose whales. But yesterday was the strangest. Me and captain Hreiðar went out for the…
DetailsIt is a pleasure to write that the first Greenland tour was a great success! According to both passengers and the crew the experience of the beautiful fjordsystem of Scoresby Sund in northeast Greenland was more than one could dream of. One of the passengers, Ute Zimmer, phrased her experience very nicely: “Thank you…
DetailsThis is now my fourth season as a whale watching guide at North Sailing‘s. Of course all of the summers have been great, plenty of whales and the success rate probably among the highest one can find worldwide. The seasons have been somewhat different from each others, for example, last year was truly the year…
DetailsOn June 18th, 2011 the North Sailing peer looked like a German car factory from the mid last century. Yes, it sounds weird but no less than 27 old Volkswagens gathered there with 54 people in their seats. All 54 then went whale watching and left their cars for other tourists and the locals to…
DetailsAugust 21st: News from Schooner Hildur at N71°16’ W25°12′ “We arrived at Sydkap this morning and have been slightly delayed due to ice on the fjord. We have already caught some fish which will end up on tonight´s BBQ at Jytteshavn, Bear islands. We´ve already spotted a Muskox, Seals and a few Snow hares. The…
DetailsThe last tours going out with our schooner Haukur, to observe the amazing puffins in the Puffin island and going whale watching, had great luck and great fun today! Always on the last tour of the season the experienced guide and boatsman of Haukur, Nils Bjartur, has a tradition of making the tour a little…
DetailsSchooner Hildur arrived in Scoresby Sund last night. The sailing was smooth until they reached Cape Brewster and ice was blocking their way. They sailed further north and managed to work their way through the ice and enter the fjord close to cape Tobin. When navigating through the ice, the crew…
DetailsThis morning was a little foggy, but during the day it lightened up and the sun started shining. I went on two tours today and both tours were very successful. We spotted white beaked dolpins, a minke whale and some incredably calm humpback whales that swam around us and were kind of curious about our…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsLast 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsToday the weather was really bad out on Skjálfandi bay, and by bad, I mean bad. On the 10 o´clock tour we still managed to see three species, but on the 13:30 tour we were surpriced by a bigger friend of ours, the Big Blue. We had spotted a very high spout in a distance…
DetailsToday North Sailing owns and operates 6 boats. All of them are traditional Icelandic fishing boats, they are all oak boats, built in the 60’s and 70’s. Knörrinn is the oldest one, built in 1963 and is also the first boat North Sailing bought. First years of Whale Watching The Story Two…
DetailsThe weather forecast for Monday, August 15th is relatively good so hopefully we´ll be able to sail out at 08:50 and 10:00 o´clock, and according to schedule after that. For information and booking, please contact us via e-mail; info@northsailing.is or phone: +354 464 7272. NSO-1 Ólafsfjörður Whale Watching, will however, be closed for…
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