Assammik masikkut? Nope, not today!
Saturday, September 19, 2009, 1 comments
![Summer in mid september Summer in mid september](/file/img/09/news090920-1.jpg)
It was Vikhög and Salviken under a hot sun today. I was detemined to fix that hand roll ending on the foredeck (Assammik masikkut), that have eluded me for almost a year now, but was so close last weekend in Denmark. Irritatingly close today as well - i got up, did not manage to stay up, but slided slowly back into the water every time. Extyremely annoying. But next time!
The good advice from Per meant a significant step forward though - I did not miss a single norsamik masikkut (forwardleaning norsaqroll). Til now I have failed at every other attempt, without knowing what I did wrong.
Vikhög today was glorious - no wind and the sun blazing from a blue sky. Even the water temp was up to 17-18º C and well over 20 in the shallows at the bottom of the bay. Incredible so late in september and at the same latitude as Kodiak island!
![Summer weather in Salviken Summer weather in Salviken](/file/img/09/news090920-2.jpg)
![Summer weather in Salviken Summer weather in Salviken](/file/img/09/news090920-3.jpg)
Small clumps of Thrift (Armeria maritima) glowed pink in the dry grass as if it was still early june.
![Armeria maritima Armeria maritima](/file/img/09/news090920-5.jpg)
At the beach I found traces of a massacre - about fifty dead cods, between one and two feet long, most with filets cut out, but some with only marks of beaks and claws - and the waters of Salviken filled with very satisfied gulls.
![Cod leftovers Cod leftovers](/file/img/09/news090920-4.jpg)