As we mentioned earlier we had a sprinkle of snow in the mountains in end of August. This didn't last long though and we have had unusually mild September. But this morning we had a bit of snow down to sea level. The kids in town were quick to take the oportunity to play in the snow....
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"Clipper is happy to report that Siggi now owns "Antiope Clipper" and is going to operate from Isafjordur, on the north west coast of Iceland, just a couple of days from Greenland. "Antiope" was the yacht that Sir Robin took to Greenland in 1998 and 2005. Apart from Sir Robin and Sir Chris booking the latter part of July and early August in 2008, Siggi is available for almost any adventure in this magical part of the world, where boats provide the only real access off the beaten track."
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Last few nights have been great for watching the northern lights dancing high up in the sky above Isafjordur. The weather in Iceland has been great and stable and not a cloud in the sky for five days. Aurora (short for polar aurora is a glow in the sky, seen often in a ring-shaped region around the magnetic poles ("auroral zone") and occasionally further equatorward.
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Our Reykjavik trip has been postponed. Despite poor weather forecast we decided to check it out for ourselves. We sailed towards Onundarfjordur on the west coast of the West Fjords. First we had 30 knots and later 40 knots (gusting to 50 knots) straight on the nose (SW Beaufort 8-10). The forecast was for the wind to increase on Sunday so we decided to turn around. AURORA performed very well in this weather. We were down to three reefs in the mainsail and staysail and if we would have had just a little bit better wind direction we would probably have continued to Reykjavik.  As it looked this time it would have taken us a full day just to reach Latrabjarg. After we turned around we sailed to Hesteyri in Jokulfirdir and anchored there for the night. This is a sheltered anchorage and we finished off the day with nice dinner and warm bunks. Sunday morning we sailed back home to Isafjordur.

Our good friends on Haukur made it to Siglufjordur on the north coast but decided to turn around there.

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Aurora is going to Reykjavik on Saturday 9. September. The reason is Vestnorden Travel Mart held annually in either Reykjavik, Copenhagen or Thorshavn in the Faroes. Over 130 tour operators from all over the world are coming up to see what Iceland has to offer. Borea Adventures is cooperating with North Sailing in Husavik and they´re also coming with their beautiful schooner Haukur. We hope to see you down by the harbour in Reykjavik.

"In this restless world there is an increasing trend for people to seek something more from their holidays than merely sand, sea, sun, sangria and sex. Adventure seekers crave an adrenaline rush when they take time out from the everyday. They want genuine thrills, the scent of danger and to be able to use the word 'extreme' when sharing their experiences afterwards. As the world shrinks, we are looking for a real sense of having travelled, in more ways than one. What better place to go than Iceland - a giant adventure playground for grown-ups. And if you go in midsummer, the sun only sets for an hour or two, and there's the chance to be active 24/7. As the Icelanders say: "There's plenty of time to sleep in winter." Georgette McCready did a trip with AURORA last June and wrote this article for the Bath Chronicle.
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