On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
So what is the water temp in your boating area?

For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so feet) 1
mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).

The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin to
start backing down.

Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/

Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.

We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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| On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
| So what is the water temp in your boating area?
|
| For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
| mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).
|
| The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
| start backing down.
|
| Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)
|
| http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/
|
| Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.
|
| We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
| Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
| most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.

Awesome. That's cold enough to keep beer chilled.
|

Jim wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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| On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
| So what is the water temp in your boating area?
|
| For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
| mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).
|
| The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
| start backing down.
|
| Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)
|
| http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/
|
| Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.
|
| We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
| Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
| most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.

Awesome. That's cold enough to keep beer chilled.
|



Or to kill you in a very very short time.

On Jul 27, 3:12?pm, HK wrote:
Jim wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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| On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
| So what is the water temp in your boating area?
|
| For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
| mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).
|
| The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
| start backing down.
|
| Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)
|
|http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/
|
| Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.
|
| We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
| Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
| most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.

Awesome. That's cold enough to keep beer chilled.
|

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Arrgh, matey. It takes a rough tough seaman to boat in these frigid
waters, it do. Literally shivers me timbers, just thinkin' about it.

On Jul 27, 4:56?pm, "Jim" wrote:


Awesome. That's cold enough to keep beer chilled.


Not counting a bottle of Schnapps Whiskey......

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
So what is the water temp in your boating area?

For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).

The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
start backing down.

Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/

Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.

We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.


I would hate to fall in those waters from the boat as ones survival time
ranges from 1 to 6 hours, with expected time before unconsciousness of 30
minutes to 2 hours.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/coastal_...es/hypothermia

No thanks.

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:16:31 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
So what is the water temp in your boating area?

For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).

The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
start backing down.

Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/

Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.

We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.


I would hate to fall in those waters from the boat as ones survival time
ranges from 1 to 6 hours, with expected time before unconsciousness of 30
minutes to 2 hours.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/coastal_...es/hypothermia

No thanks.


Do you fall into Lake Erie frequently?
--
John H

I've done it. No, it's not the Bering Sea in winter, but believe me, it
sure feels like it.
JR

JimH wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:

So what is the water temp in your boating area?

For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).

The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
start backing down.

Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/

Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.

We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.



I would hate to fall in those waters from the boat as ones survival time
ranges from 1 to 6 hours, with expected time before unconsciousness of 30
minutes to 2 hours.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/coastal_...es/hypothermia

No thanks.




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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth

On Jul 27, 4:16?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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On Jul 27, 2:12?pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
So what is the water temp in your boating area?

For us, 72 F with the temp taken at the bottom of the Lake (40 or so
feet) 1
mile off Cleveland (the western basin of Lake Erie is a shallow).

The water temp will climb to the mid 70's some time in August then begin
to
start backing down.

Check out this psychedelic water temp map.... :-)

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/

Those colors are pretty intense by any standard.

We're a bit colder in Puget Sound than offshore in the North Pacific.
Less direct influence from the tropical currents. Water temperature
most of the year is in the high-40's to low-50's.

I would hate to fall in those waters from the boat as ones survival time
ranges from 1 to 6 hours, with expected time before unconsciousness of 30
minutes to 2 hours.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/coastal_...es/hypothermia

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And many people die almost right away from cold water immersion shock.
They either gasp involuntarily and get a lung full of water and drown
or go into cardiac arrest. When we do our 18 day cruise in August, we
probably won't see a single person swimming without a wet or dry suit.
Some exceptions in shallow bays where the mudflats collect a lot of
solar energy at low tides and then warm up a few feet of water during
high tide- but few people go swimming on purpose.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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And many people die almost right away from cold water immersion shock.
They either gasp involuntarily and get a lung full of water and drown
or go into cardiac arrest. When we do our 18 day cruise in August, we
probably won't see a single person swimming without a wet or dry suit.
Some exceptions in shallow bays where the mudflats collect a lot of
solar energy at low tides and then warm up a few feet of water during
high tide- but few people go swimming on purpose.


Good Lord! I thought our water was cold. We're like a paradise compared to
those conditions.
Our North Shore boasts the warmest salt water north of the Carolinas.
(actually the Gulf of St Lawrence, rather than the North Atlantic ocean.)