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.