A hole was cut on the starboard side to extract the broken Cummins engine out of the engine room. A powerful crane from a local company was used and handled professionally without any mishap – a successful operation. We let the pictures speak for themselves.
DetailsTwo boats, Bjössi Sör and Náttfari have now been moved to the shipyard for restauration and makeover. Schooner Haukur and Knörrinn are ready by the buoys on the outer harbour, waiting their turn.
DetailsOn June 19, the engine of Náttfari, one of North Sailing‘s most important boats broke down. This was very unfortunate for the summer operation and due to the seriousnes of the engine failure, the decision was taken to postpone it‘s repair until autumn. Immense manpower was therefore put into finishing restauration of oak…
DetailsOur whale watching season has come to an end our last day of operation was October 17th, but we have been very fortunate with the weather and whale sightings in September and beginning of October – we are confident that our visitors return to their home countries with good memories and fantastic pictures. We invite…
DetailsWhale Watching is still really enjoyable here in Skjàlfandi Bay and this morning we found three different species of whales on the tour: first we had a good look at a minke whale, then we were watching a humpback whale and on the way home we ran into a group of white-beaked dolphins. The…
DetailsToday we just had another wonderful day in Skjàlfandi Bay. In conditions like this, it is simply a lot of fun to be out at sea. Captain Hròlfur and I went out at 10:00 on “Bjössi Sör” in calm seas and good conditions (it was just a bit foggy further out) and we managed to…
DetailsThe past days have been really good; good weather and good whales. On Saturday three humback whales were seen along with two minkes and yesterday our guide, Christian, describes the trip so: The weather was really great when I went out with captain Hrólfur onboard “Bjössi Sör” this morning. When leaving the harbour, we…
DetailsThe weather was really great when I went out with captain Hrólfur onboard “Bjössi Sör” this morning. When leaving the harbour, we were setting the course directly north-west, towards the area where we had seen the humpback whale yesterday. Of course we had hope that he is still around, but obviously the whale had left…
DetailsWe had not seen the humpback whales for a while now (the last sighting was on September, 26th), but during the last days we also had a period of bad weather and big swell, which prevented us of going out on two of these days. However, this morning we went out in really good conditions…
DetailsTo be honest, I was not very optimistic when I left the harbour together with captain Hrólfur at 10:00 today (2.Oct.) on Bjössi Sör, as the wind was blowing quite strong, which makes it sometimes a bit hard to spot the whales. It turned out, however, to be a really good tour. We were…
DetailsThis morning there were strong winds from the south blowing when we went out and as the time went by they got even stronger! We were incredibly lucky though, because after about an hour we came across a Minke whale which surfaced right next to the boat a couple of times before diving into…
DetailsThe weather today is totally awesome. Warm southern breeze and calm sea. Doesn´t get any better for whale watching! In the 10:00 tour this morning we saw two Minke whales and a dozen of Dolphins. We had been watching the Minke while for quite a while when we heard about Dolphins a bit futher north…
DetailsToday it was quite warm in Husavik, we had a strong southerly breeze when we went out on the morning tour onboard Bjössi Sör. After sailing for about one hour, we found a large number of white-beaked dolphins. First we were only watching a small group of them close to the boat, but while we…
DetailsDuring the weekend, we saw the humpback whales again on all 4 tours: On both trips on Saturday as well as on both trips on Sunday we saw one humpback whale per trip.All sightings occurred in the same area, but there was something really strange about it:It might have also been just a coincidence, but…
DetailsTo make it short: Today I had two really beautiful tours with captain Hreiðar, and the afternoon tour at 13:30 was probably the best tour this month so far. We sailed out this morning at 10:00 in almost perfect conditions, really calm sea and it did not take us long to find a nice group…
DetailsIt was a sunny sky that greeted me this morning when I woke up and I immediately had the feeling that this would be a good whale watching day! The bay was at its best and there were smiles on peoples faces when we sailed out of the harbour into Skjálfandi Bay. I was…
DetailsI went on both tours today with captain Hrólfur and we had a great success! On the 10:00 tour we spent quality time with two Minke whales and got lucky because they kept surfacing close to the boat. In the afternoon however we didn‘t find any Minke whales and the tour was more than…
DetailsThe sea was calmer and the conditions better then yesterday, when captain Hrólfur an I went out on “Bjössi Sör” at 10:00 this morning. At that time, we did not know yet that it would turn out to be a really great tour. After sailing for about 30 minutes, a passenger told us about a…
DetailsToday the conditions were rather tough with quite rough seas and cold weather. Still we mananged to go out in the morning and spot some harbour porpoises but the Humpbacks didn´t show up. Let´s hope that they haven´t left us for good and that the weather and searching conditions will be better tomorrow. 😉
DetailsToday I went on both tours, a 10:00 and 13:30, and I was very excited because I had heard of the humpback whales from yesterday and was determined to find them again today! And so we did. On both tours we saw a humpback whale after quite a search and we managed to…
DetailsThis morning, our crew on Bjössi Sör found a total of 3 Humpback whales and 1 Minke whale in the bay to much pleasure of both passengers and crew! The last days have been successful in the bay with some minke whales and dolphins but when the Humpback whales show up, there´s always extra much…
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