Expedition Sailing Operator

Our Services

Wicked Horizon is offering vessels and crew for the following activities:

• Project work for research institutions and NGOs;

• Projects under Wicked Horizon’s directive;

• Private Expeditions (sailing, wildlife spotting, diving and more);

• Edutainment and educational talks and school projects.

• Yacht Deliveries

• Passage Routing

During most of these activities we can offer crew/guest accommodation onboard S/Y Nora Simrad.

Hello and welcome to our Website!

We are a committed team of sailors, academics, consultants and explorers. From our international engagements we have become partners for schools, NGOs and research institutions.

Go to our expedition page to see when and where you can join one of our expeditions.

Understanding the world from the perspective

of the SEA

OUR POSITION

News

+++ June 2025 +++ NORA Simrad arrived in Japan

After two seasons in the Philippines, Nora Simrad has moved north into the little known sailing grounds of Japan. Here we will work on a rudder issue and explore this beautiful nation. Next year we will head even further north and set our course for the Aleutian Islands and Alaska.

+++ April 2025 +++ First expeditions on S/Y Imagine

Based just north of Cebu in the Philippines we began working with S/Y Imagine, a beautiful Hallberg Rassy 49. We started with two groups of young adults from Norway and Germany, exploring and documenting biodiversity and under water habitats in the area. In june and July we continued our “Ocean Health” Internship programm with NMBU

+++ January 2025 +++ Sponsorship with FLEXIT AS

Flexit AS, a norwegian based company working with domestic ventilation systems, has become our first official sponsor. In return we will produce three short videos from our journeys for them adressing topics like biodiversity and usage of recources in the field.

+++ August 2024 +++ NEW SAILS!!!

We used the month of August for an extensive refit of Nora. The biggest upgrade was a brand new set of sails allowing us to move to rougher areas on the planet.

+++ June 2024 +++ Internship “Ocean Health” with NMBU

In June 2024 we conducted an internship in cooperation with the Norwegian Univerity of Live Science (NMBU). Follow the LINK to have a closer look at this project.

Our Boat

SY Nora Simrad

S/Y Nora Simrad is a sturdy and reliable sailing yacht. In favourable conditions she easily covers more than 200 NM per day. The boat has been continuously upgraded over the years.