On Nov 25, 3:37*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:06:07 -0500, Boater
wrote:



Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:12:32 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:04:08 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:36:01 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Boater" wrote in message
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It's just not that big a deal, guys. Really. Go boating, or, in the case
of FloridaJim, pretend you have a boat.

No, no. *We are all concerned with your prop. *You have a steel prop? *What
kind of steel? * Stainless steel?
What grade of Stainless steel?

This is serious. *If that steel prop is rusting already, you might get
stranded 50 yards offshore in the Bay.
What else is rusting?

Do you carry a spare prop in case of an emergency?
It's a Yamaha.

Probably carries a spare engine for those circumstances. *:)

Which brings up an interesting point - I carry a spare prop, but last
summer it occurred to me that I've never tried to change it in the
middle of the lake.

Guess what - I can't. *It's too far back for me to reach in the fully
tilted up position.
You can't swim?

Tell you what - you go swimming in 50 degree water in the Spring to
change a prop - I'll watch. *:)

Ever swim at Revere Beach or Nantasket? I did when I was a kid. I doubt
I could tolerate it in August these days.

Devreaux Beach which might as well be the same - it's about six miles
apart. *:)

All I know is that I hate being cold - I'm cold when the wood stove is
cranking and it's 75 in the house. *Mrs. Wave thinks I'm a freak of
nature - which I am.

God's honest truth - at night, I've got two down comforters, one
thermal blanket, a flannel blanket and I wear socks to keep my feet
warm and have been known to wear jersey gloves when my hands get cold.
Mrs. Wave has maybe a sheet and the flannel blanket covering her -
maybe. Plus the temp is set for 62 overnight and goes up to 75 at 0445
for a 0500 wake up because if I get a chill from a cold room, the rest
of my day, and everybody else's, will be ruined. *:)

Even when I was a kid, I would wear a thin wet suit over a heavier wet
suit when diving. *Later on, I wore dry suits even during the summer.

I have no internal temperature regulation at all - I'm always cold.
About the only time I'm not cold is when the temp is in the mid-80s -
then I'm fairly comfortable.

If you can take niacin (vitamin B3)that may help.

Of course Tom , you probably knew that.