On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:48:10 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I'm also thinking of some fresh water tripsafter my recent Hudson experience
and would like to take the boat south for at least one winter.

There are almost no thunderstorms in south Florida from November
through May. We call it the dry season here for good reason.

Wayne.B wrote in
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On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:48:10 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I'm also thinking of some fresh water tripsafter my recent Hudson
experience and would like to take the boat south for at least one
winter.

There are almost no thunderstorms in south Florida from November
through May. We call it the dry season here for good reason.



Yeah, but Florida makes up for it in spades between June and
September....bigtime!

Larry wrote:
Wayne.B wrote in
:

On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:48:10 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I'm also thinking of some fresh water tripsafter my recent Hudson
experience and would like to take the boat south for at least one
winter.
There are almost no thunderstorms in south Florida from November
through May. We call it the dry season here for good reason.



Yeah, but Florida makes up for it in spades between June and
September....bigtime!

Indeed, there is a reason that one of the world's most prestigious
lightning research facilities is located there! The institution I work
for was thinking of renting some time there to research lightning and
it's effects on various airport grounding schemes, but being Canadian,
we didn't like the idea of summer in Florida....

Cheers
Martin

Wayne.B wrote:

That's a good point. I certainly wouldn't be in that part of the world any
other time.

However, we get some pretty good storms up here, complete with hail and
tornados. They usually weaken as they reach the coast but it only takes one
strike.

Exposure time is another issue. I plan to spend months at a time on this
boat which raises the risk far above daysailing and weekending when the boat
isn't occupied during severe weather and spends a lot of time in a marina or
mooring field where there are other targets nearby.

--
Roger Long