Contact Napaland
Napaland OY
Mailing address Pohjoisranta 8A 00170 Helsinki
Current port of Sailing ship Byr: Isafjördur, Iceland
e-mail: info@napaland.fi
Napaland Office: Annukka +358 50 5512012
Sailing ship Byr, routes & destinations: Captain Siggi +354 899 3817
Business ID: 3164587-2 (FI)
We were invited as guests to join @purjelaiva Svanhild to the annual Tervasaaren tynnyri - regatta of traditional ships in Helsinki, Finland. We were there last year, racing with Byr, and brought home the price: the wooden barrel. We had a task to fill it with herring, but as Byr stayed in Iceland this winter, the icelandic herring barrel is still pending delivery. Maybe next year! Congratulations to @purjelaivaingrid for winning this year’s race!
The regatta was followed by a fantastically fun evening with music and the Finnish sailing community getting together to share stories and memories from along the years. The next day there was an open visiting day for anyone to come see the all the ships inside and out at @stadinsilakkamarkkinat in Kauppatori. This event is a highlight of the year for sure!
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#purjelaiva #purjelaivat #silakkamarkkinat #tervasaarentynnyri #purjelaivapäivät #silli #purjelaivapäivä #sailing #purjehdus #sailingships #regatta #traditionalships
First snow has arrived to the North with a big storm a few days ago! This is our home port for the winter, Siglufjörður from up the air. A beautiful shot by the locally based photographer @jan_dancak! It is a pretty fjord, with a long history of sailing ships coming and going for the herring fishery. The reef at the mouth of the fjord keeps the big northern swell mostly out, so it is a cosy and rather sheltered harbor for overwintering - not to mention that it is next to some really fantastic skiing spots!
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#sailandski #overwintering #siglufjörður #northiceland #arctic #expeditionsailing #arktis #islanti #vapaalasku #iceland
The nights are getting darker and northern lights welcomed us back to Siglufjördur. The big Northern swell was still out there and it felt great to sail into the still, sheltered harbour under the stars and such a light show across the sky.
📷 @siggi.bubbi.sigurdur
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#iceland #islanti #northernlight #northernlightsiceland #auroraborealis #napaland #visitnapaland #siglufjörður #arctic #arktis #expedition #revontulet #revontuli #arcticyachts #expeditionyacht
Flatey is a very, very flat island in the North west corner of Skjalfandi bay. In the summer months it is full of nesting Arctic terns and it’s quite tricky to walk around without getting attacked by these fierce birds. Now the island was quiet and peaceful, although we had quite a swell coming from a storm somewhere up North. It was quite impressive, really, how big waves you may get without any wind at all!
📷 @gullisig
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#flatey #skjálfandi #visitnapaland #napaland #expedition #arctic #arktis #matkapurjehdus #purjelaiva #sailingship #arcticyachts #expeditionyacht #islanti #iceland
A view like a painting!
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Icelandic sweaters come in many shape and form! A good sweater is a valuable thing to have in the arctic - and wearable year-round! Best thing about a good wool sweater is that they breathe and keep cool on the warmer days and stay cosy warm on the colder days, and they last almost forever. @annukkapekkarinen recently found the patterned blue sweater while emptying a house, turned out it was made something like 40 years ago, following the lastest fashion of the day: big and bubbly. Still in mint condition and we think it’s pretty fashionable!
📷 @gullisig
#icelandicsweater #islantilaisneule #islantilainenvillapaita #retro #80sfashion #80svintage #purjehdus #sailing #purjelaiva #expedition #vintage #arctic #arktis #skifashion #islanti #iceland
Hiking up the bird cliffs of Skálanes was a great experience - totally worth it despite the armpit-deep lupine we scrambled through to get there. The fulmars were so close to us we could hear the sound of wind in their feathers when they flew by and clouds from the sea were creeping over the highest cliffs behind us.
Fulmars are called “storm birds” in Finnish, which is a well-suited name for them. Their sturdy wings are perfect for the strong ocean winds.
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Sunshine and downwind and pancakes for breakfast. That’s a morning we like!
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Crew meeting in the fjord before heading out to the open ocean.
📷 @gullisig
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Catch! We made delicious Icelandic fish balls from this beautiful cod we caught in #hornstrandir. It’s pretty great to have dinner waiting for us underneath the boat.
📷 @annukkapekkarinen
#napaland #fishing #kalastus #westfjords #visitwestfjords #arcticsailing #arcticyachts #arctic #arktis #hornvik #foodfromnature #cod #lähiruoka #expedition
Paddle boarding adventures are fun to do from the boat on calm days. It’s a great way to explore a new anchorage or harbour because from the board it’s easy to see the bottom and shallows and sometimes some marine life!
Byr is a great basecamp for this kind of bigger and smaller adventures.
📷 @gullisig
#sup #paddleboarding #suppilauta #arcticsailing #arcticyachts #iceland #expedition #purjehdus #purjelaiva #sailing #sailingship #paddling #siglufjörður #northiceland #arctic #arktis #napaland
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