Can it be too hot? YES. If we're on the water and there's no breeze and the temp's aound 95 with the humidity up in the 70 - 90% range, it's danged uncomfortable and gets to be too expensive generating your own "breeze" by driving around. But, we've also been on the lake hen the temp's reached 100 and there's been a nice breeze blowing and we haven't felt hot because of the natural cooling effect of the breeze off of the water. But when we trailered the boat we sure felt the heat!

Never too hot to boat for us. Bimini only used if it is raining, the more sun the merrier. Probably the hottest up here has been 95 degrees with 100% humidity. We stay in the water most of the time on days like that.

Never too hot around here. I would be grinning ear to ear if we got a couple of nice days in the 100's. Heck I would take off work and leave the A/C to go boating on a day like that.

It was here on the Fourth last year. It was ~108F, and moving at higher speeds was tolerable, but idling around in 5 mph zones or stopping wasn't. I was very envious of the bigger boats with A/C anchored out waiting for the Delta fireworks display put on by Barron Hilton.

Nope. Never too hot. That big black thing on the back of the boat cools me off whenever I want!

That is still a posibility on a bow rider.

We've been out on Mohave in July when it was something like 126 and ready to rain. After the storm passed through, it was a nice 105 and about 98% humidity.

Yep, I first started enjoying the Hilton fireworks back in 1977. I've only missed a couple of years since.

I spent two 4th's on the stern of Hal Schell's boat with him, Joanie and some friends.

Great times!

Too hot to boat? No. Too hot to load the boat on the trailer and put everything away and dirve home? Yes.

It is nice to be in a covered slip on those hot, hot days when I have to clean up to go home.

Very cool. I have yet to see them because I don't have a boat that I can overnight on, and the thought of going home in the dark with hundreds of drunk boaters just isn't very appealing for some reason. Hopefully I'll have that problem fixed for this year.

I met Hal once. I had unsuccessfully been looking for a copy of his Cruising on the Calfornia Delta book, and emailed him directly. He still had an extra copy he was willing to sell. I met him, picked up the book and talked the Delta with him for awhile. I wish I had been able to spend more time with him, he was a very interesting guy and was a great resource for Delta related information. I found a copy of his Dawdling on the Delta book at a used bookstore at about the same time and snapped it up.

I didn't notice anyone mention useing a mister.

I don't like being in the direct sunlight, so bimini is a must. But otherwise, I keep a few mister bottles onboard and a few quick shots to the face keeps us cool enough even at 112+ deg. That and plenty of drinking water.

At the colorado river, I've never found the water to be too warm not to make for a refreshing dip. In the river, the water is moving so keeps cool. And the lakes are deep enough to keep cool.

neverr tooo hot here even when its 120 its a drrryyyy heat..... gotta love it

Never too hot. As a matter of fact, the hotter, the better. We all love the water.

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Temps avg. 110-115 of dry desert heat. Too hot for boating, NO! But trailering and cleaning up OUT of the water can get warm. But that was one of the reasons we moved here 2 years ago. Much rather deal with the heat and have a good boating season than have to deal with the snow! Plus we like the 90 degree water temps. Bimini is a must though.
Plus with the lake 20 minutes away, by the time you get home the trucks AC has cooled us off. Toss the boat in the garage, go in to the house with AC and a cold shower!! Sure beats roughing it like we did at Powell for 2 years!!

Stepping out the front door at 8am on a summer morning,
the heat and humidity hits like a sauna. 75 and sticky at 8am!?!

Get to the ramp at 9am, 80 degrees and pitifully humid.
After 30 seconds of getting the boat prepped for launch,
we are sweating and red-faced.
The kids are putting their life jackets on and complaining about the extra layer.
The youngest is complaining that she has a hard time breathing because of the life jacket and the heat.

After launch we put the bimini up, but we are all still hot.
The first normal op zone is a reprieve.
Then another no wake zone and the heat and sticky air hits again.

On plane, on the bay is somewhat cool – even with the inferno sun beating down.

Even if we stop for a swim at our island, the water is pizz warm, 80+ degrees.

On the way home...

After making it through the last few no-wake zones, we are hot, tired and all pretty miserable.

We stay composed during retrieval, but we are all hating the heat and miserable humidity at this point.

The air conditioning in the car feels so good!!!
When home, we step in to the oasis of our central air.
I don’t want to leave the house to flush and clean the boat, but I do.

The wretched beating sun...
I soak myself with the hose while scrubbing the hull – clothes and all.

YES! It can be too hot (and humid) to boat!
I absolutely hate summer in this Hades state.
October can’t come fast enough

Someday my summers will be spent on cool lakes in Maine & only my winters will be spent in this oppressive state.