Temperature down to only 91 today so Fall is nearly here. I agree with
a previous poster that I am not ready to venture too far from home till
I see the Gulf Water temps drop to the low 80s for fear of having my
boat in a poorly protected place during a hurricane. For those people
up north who think that sailing through the winter sounds good, there
is a price to pay; here in NW FL it is simply too hot and humid with NO
wind in summer except in thunderstorms (every day) when the wind goes
from 0-45 kts in a few minutes with blinding rain and intense lightning
and then back to no wind and even higher humidity. What this means is
that effectively we cannot sail from about June 15 to Sept 30. I have
to hope my diesel didnt grow algae over the summer and that the fouling
of the bottom isnt too bad.