"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"IBNFSHN" wrote in message
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Very well put Doug!!

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Bill
Chesapeake, Va

I live in Florida. In the Summer months, we do all of our boating early
in
the day, and try to get off of the water before the afternoon
thunderstorms
roll in around 2 pm. I'm in the process of breaking in a new motor. I
have
19.4 hours on it since a week from last Friday. I worked Monday through
Thursday this past week...which means I've had 5 days to put those hours
on
the engine. I didn't go last Saturday, but did go the other 4 days. I
take
my young kids with me, which means I'm seldom out the door before 9am.
So
in 4 days, I averaged about 5 hours of boating per day...from 9am until
2pm
each day.

The reason I don't talk about boating on the internet, is because when
I'm
in the mood for boating, I go boating...rather than just talking about
it.




I'd like to do the same, but almost-daily, unpredictable visits from the
lightning vendor have made boating a major pain in the ass around here
this
summer.


This has been one of the worst summers that I can remember for electrical
storms. Usually, you can count on them to hit in early to mid-afternoon.
Lately, they're popping up at all hours of the day. I went out about 8:30am
today. Seas were 4-6, tightly spaced, and white-capping. I got out about 5
miles, fished for an hour, and by 11am, a storm had chased me in.