TWO NEW BOATS IN THE FLEET

  Garðar, built in Esbjerg, Denmark is one of the largest oak boats afloat in Iceland Restoration of Garðar, a 109 ton oak boat continued during the summer and this fall the project was put into full swing were around 10-12 men work daily on this complicated and extensive reconstruction. But it’s It´s not only…

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Restoration of Garðar continues

Restoration of our 109 ton boat Garðar is in full swing. This week, the boat was moved to another more convenient location in Húsavík harbour where work on the bulwark is carried out. Following are pictures taken today.   ÞH    

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October Whale Watching

The 2009 season is soon coming to an end and from October 1st – 20th we´ll have one daily departure at 10:00. For booking and information about weather conditions, plese give us a call +354 464 7272, write an e-mail info@northsailing.is or book online.  

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Hildur í Danmörku / Hildur in Denmark

Hildur came to port in Egernsund this morning and the journey was overall very successful. We´ll post some further news of the sailing when the crew returns to Húsavík. Following pictures were taken this morning when Hildur sailed to port in Egensund.   Hildur kom til Egernsund í morgun og gekk ferðin á heildina litið…

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September schedule

From September 5th until September 30th we´ll sail daily at 10:00 and 13:30. For booking and information, please call +354 464 7272, write us an e-mail to info@northsailing.is or book online.

New adventure begins

North Sailing´s newest boat, Hildur, sailed off to Egernsund, Denmark on August 31st where she´ll be converted into a two mast schooner this winter. Currently, the boat is sailing off the south coast of Norway and plans to arrive at Skagen around noon tomorrow. The trip has been successful in every way and the boat…

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Humpback and porpoises

Today we went out 3 times and the Humpback was spotted in all tours plus some porpoises in two tours.   Humpback going for a deep dive.                                                                                            © Christian Schmidt Captain Hreiðar in action.                                                                                                           © Christian Schmidt

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3 species again

Today we´ve again spotted 3 species of whales: Minke, Humpback and dolphins. Jibbyyy! 🙂   Sailing out on Bjössi Sör                                                                                    ©Christian Schmidt   Guillemots                                                                                                        ©Christian Schmidt Humpback on the side.                                                                                                                 ©Christian Schmidt

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Humpback, minke and dolphins

It was really pleasant to spot a Minke whale today as well as a Humpback and some dolphins. Hopefully the Humpack will stay with us for some days and it seems like he has found some good feeding areas since he seems to be circling around in the bay. Fingers crossed… 😉      

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Difficulties (August 23rd-31st)

August 23rd. Even though the weather has been quite ok today, the whales have moved to other areas and we did not spot any whales today! Perhaps because of the rough weather we had a couple of days ago, at least something has changed in the bay! August 24th. The wind was too strong until in the…

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The sun is shining again!

The sun is shining again and our boats are out on the bay searching for whales again. It often takes the life in the bay some time to settle again after such a storm so we´ll have to be patient and let mother nature have her way. We´ll post some news as soon as something…

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