#406256 - 05/18/0801:08 PMRe: Is it ever TOO hot to boat?
[Re: ABoater]
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Wife and son are very faired skin, once the temp is above about 100 their time on the water decreases. Early morning and late afternoon/evening are the best times for us.
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Last year it was about 105 and I took my 80 yr old mother out with us. She is generally in good health but I could not stop moving or she started looking pale likr she was going to pass out. As long as I was moving she was ok. That day was to hot for her. So I guess the answer depends on health and complextion. For me, the hotter the better.
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I've had some issues that seem like vapor lock with air temps above 115 degrees......water is also so warm it's not refreshing to jump in......ideal air temps for me are 95-105.....
Yeah, we do not have that problem here. I would have to get out the bimini if it ever got that hot or if it were consistantly in the 90's. But I've never used it.
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The hottest we've been out was 112. That was DARN hot. We spent much of the time in the water trying to cool off. Thank God for bimini tops to keep the sun off.
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In Morgan South Australia during summer it is common to get days over 100 but once it gets over 110 we tend to spend time in the water as opposed to on the water.For the record I have seen the temp hit 51 degrees celcius [not sure of what that translates to in farineit but it is WELL OVER 125]and when the thermometer was moved into the sun it exploded. YES that was darn hot ,you could swim fully clothed and be bone dry in 10 mins after the swim enjoy the summer everone in the northern hemisphere Ardy South Australia
#406313 - 05/18/0807:12 PMRe: Is it ever TOO hot to boat?
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Loc: Barnesville, GA
Several years ago we were fishing in a 14' jon boat and surface temp on the depth finder was 94* Don't know what air temp was but is was darn hot! And, we weren't swimming that day! Only caught 2 tiny Crappie in the shade.
Registered: 04/12/06
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Loc: Des Moines, Ia
To hot may be caused by humidity as apposed to actual temperature. We spent an extreamly looong 4th of July weekend on Lake of the Ozarks. Three boats trying to find a cool spot to achor out for the night ended up tied to a shoreside Motel's dock and checked into airconditioned rooms. Packed up the next day and headed home.
At the lower Colorado River, midday temps hover in the 108°-114° range during July and August. When it gets over 112, we tend to use the low chairs and sit on the sandbars with our feet and butts in the water-which itself is above 85°. Not a whole lotta fun, we use lots of fold-up awnings and miss the pontoon boat's double bimini at those times.
boated on the colorado river in the late 80s in was 129 degrees.. but most every summer there is around 117-122, very nice boating an wakeboading weather....