Sail Húsavík begins today and the boats have been arriving a few days now. Tonight some more arrived including some sailboats from the Faroe Islands. I went to check on some of the crewmembers of the ketch Dragin and the sloop Johanna. They told me that the passing from Faroe Islands to Iceland had taken…
Sail Húsavík, a Nordic coastal culture festival, is now just around the corner and we at North Sailing are looking very much forward. Some of the more remarkable and beautiful gaff riggers of the North Atlantic are now on the way among them the Dagmar Aaen, Activ and Pirola. Tha faroese ketches, Johanna and…
A sailing tour with a group of skiers was relocated to the Westfjords due to lack of snow in the Skjálfandi bay area. Hildur was therefore sailed to the Glacierfjords in the Westfjords where a jolly group of 10 people joined the crew of 4 onboard for 3 nights. First two days were spent…
Schooner Hildur arrived in her home port, Húsavík this morning at 05:30. With a crew of 4 Hildur sailed over 700 nautical miles and visited different places. From isolated and deserted fjords of the Westfjords to the capital of Iceland, Reykjavík and something in between there’s a lot to tell and lots of pictures…
Schooner Hildur departed for the Westfjords at 22:00 but in the Glacier fjords (Jökulfirðir) she will have a skiing group of 10 people for 4 days. More about that later…
Schooner Hildur came to Húsavík today after a spectacular and adventurous 10 day journey to Greenland. The trip was a huge success and crew members were truly grateful to have had the oportunity to experience the extreme beauty of Scoresbysund and surroundings. Following are a few pictures taken during the trip and more detailed description…
Schooner Hildur will return to Húsavík harbour around noon today after an adventurous journey to Scoresbysund in Greenland that will not be forgotten by crew members. Furtherst north, Hildur sailed to 71st degree north latitude inside the great Scoresbysund fjord which is the longest fjord in the world. We are expecting a lot of…
Have you tried going out on a whale watching trip on a sailing boat? North Sailing offers passengers to go on a whale watching tour on one of our two sailing boats. The Puffin Island is visited and of course the crew puts up the sails with the passengers assistance. It‘s always amazing to…
It was a proud moment for North Sailing when Schooner Hildur sailed into Húsavík harbour this morning. Like we have reported in the last weeks Hildur has been in Denmark for the last 10 months where it was being transformed into the two mast schooner. It left Denmark last weekend and arrived in Húsavík at…
Hildur has departed Denmark, where it has been stationed for renovation as a schooner for the last 10 months, or since september 2009, and is finally heading home. Hildur was primarily stationed in Egernsund where most of the work was carried out and it was made seaworthy in its new form, but was also sailed…
There have been some delays on delivering the sails for Schooner Hildur and we also have had some troubles with the propeller but now this has been taken care of and we can expect Hildur to sail from Denmark to Iceland soon. Our people in Denmark, Hörður and Rémy have been in Engersund…
Work proceeds on Schooner Hildur in Egernsund as the annual Rumregatta in Flensburg is just around the corner. Masts, bowsprit, davits, booms and gaffs are in place but the sails, 250 sqm. of beautiful white cloth is still in the making in Norway. That means Hildur won’t be sailing with sails during the Rumregatta weekend…
It is always a big moment when the masts of a sail ship are put in place. This was done for Hildur this week in Egernsund. Following are some nice pictures from the day.
Schooner Hildur was launched today and everything went very well. In the next few days a work on setting up the rig will begin. A bow-sprit, davits and two gorgeous masts around 20 meters high each. Something to hold well over 200 squaremeters of sails. More pictures from the launch to be seen here:…
As March is moving on, so is North Sailing´s project in the shipyard in Egernsund. Schooner to be, Hildur is looking better day by day and now, rebuilding is starting to take shape below deck as well. The weather continues to be "Icelandic" and in fact, much more so than in Húsavík,Iceland where it´s been…
Work continues in the shipyard in Egernsund where schooner Hildur is in the making. Following are some pictures taken during the last days. Working on the main deck Guðmundur tightening the deck Pulling the engine on board Placing the engine in the engine room Down in the former fishing hold…
Work on Hildur is proceeding nicely in C.J. Skibs- og Bådebyggeri shipyard in Egernsund, Denmark. Every day there are around a dozen men working in the shipyard, both Danish as well as few Icelanders from Húsavík and surroundings. The weather has been quite cold with snowy days and in fact, it´s been colder in Egernsund…
As the Icelandic team is now leaving Egernsund for Húsavík, Schooner Hildur sees a turning point in her life. For the last few months she has been losing weight as more and more worn oak planks, stanchions and steel parts such as the engine and wheelhouse have been torn off and hauled up on the…
The last few weeks 4 Icelanders have been staying in Egernsund in Denmark, near the German borders in order to work on North Sailing's schooner to be. Hildur in mid November Their job has been mainly to take out everything that cannot be used and has to be replaced such as…
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…
Our good friends on Dagmar Aaen have now left for the west coast of Greenland. It has been great to have them in Húsavík for almost two weeks and the least schooner Haukur could do was to pay respect to one of the most travelled wooden boat in the world by sailing with her for…
