Too hot for boating?

[evolution1985]

So I think I have found my limit for boating....
45deg celcius or 113f in the shade....
I felt like I was going to pass out before I even had the boat hitched up to the car. So I left it how it was and went back inside to the aircon

Just wondering, at what temperature do others think its too hot to go boating?

Cheers
Evo

 

[frantically relaxing]

Re: Too hot for boating?

It's 5? outside up here in the northern hemisphere, at least where I'm at.... Don't want to hear about "too hot"...

However, Lake Mead gets that warm, and the water gets ALMOST that warm... no, not comfortable...

 

[southkogs]

Re: Too hot for boating?

It got hot like that last summer around here several times - it was nice to have a breeze out over the water, and getting in the water did help ... but only a little.

 

[fishrdan]

Re: Too hot for boating?

So I think I have found my limit for boating....
45deg celcius or 113f in the shade....

No Problem'o

I took out my kids a couple times this summer and it got that hot, or hotter. Lots of swimming and hanging out under the bimini top. It wasn't bad until we dried out (which didn't take long), then it was another dip back into the lake.

As for hitching up/launching/loading/working on the boat, that flat out sucks... We left the lake in those temps once and I told the kids, get it done quick so we can get out of the heat! Next to us was a (1) guy shining up his boat with various bottles of cleaning products to keep his spotless rig, spotless. He was baking on the pavement with sweat dripping everywhere....

Oh yeah, it's a dry heat out here

The hottest I've seen, 127*f (I was driving in the truck, not boating.)

 

[generator12]

Re: Too hot for boating?

80 degrees F. is the tops for me unless it's a long uninterrupted cruise at a speed that will ensure a nice breeze! A sunny day at low speed will have me frying like an egg. And I'll be alone as the lady won't get into the boat if the sun is out and it's over 80.

Of course, in my neighborhood, there are lots of summer days that are cooler than this.

 

[smokeonthewater]

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I have a genny and an a/c unit... I can enjoy the morning /evening/night and sleep through the heat of day

it's about 25 deg here now tho so...

 

[tpenfield]

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The hottest that I can remember while boating was on Narragansett Bay in a J-35 (sailboat) . . . I think the land temps were in the 105 range. You could feel the blasts of heat coming off of the land. The thermal activity made for some great wind and we were hauling buckets with the rails almost in the water.

speaking of the water . . . That was the only way we could cool down was to go in the water for a swim or two.

So, 105 F was about tops for me, but I did not think it was too hot to go boating. The hotter it gets, the more likely I will go boating.

 

[tazrig]

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The first and only "acid test" I use for determining if it is to hot to go out on the water is this:

If the good looking women in bikinis won't join me because of the heat then it's too hot. :lol::lol::lol:

I have also noticed that (bikini clad women aside) the max temp that I will go out in is directly proportional to the expense of the last repair done to the boat. In other words if I just finished spending the GNP of some small country on parts and the entire previous day skinning my knuckles installing said part then it could be 200 degrees the next day... I'm going out!!! :mad-new::lol:

 

[MH Hawker]

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We went out earlier and came in when it started getting hot.

 

[catfish58]

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I've catfished in 105 degree temp(anchored). I would keep my tee shirt wet and could feel any slight breeze. When it got unbearable I would wet my shirt and put the nose into the wind(move to another spot).

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Too hot for boating?

reminds me of the country song, a guy sitting in a bar, saying:
"Too hot to fish
too hot for golf
much too cold to go home."

Interesting how the comments are so relative to what you're used to. Milwaukee is hot at 80* but that's perfect here. Desert boaters can handle 100* but that's dry; unbearable in the humid areas.

It's like a conversation I had with two duck hunter friends--one was from Milwaukee and would go when it's 0, too cold for this Virginia boy, but 25, good for me, was too cold for the Louisiana hunter.

 

[halfmoa]

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When the water feels like bath water and you sweat while you swim it's too hot to boat....

 

[h2odick]

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During the summer, we're consistently boating in areas that are easily 115f+ (Lake Mead, Parker, Fishers Landing, Martinez, Ferguson, Lake Perris, etc..) I guess what i'm trying to say is 115f is actually more than normal here during the summer, not just in Southern California, but also in Arizona, Nevada, etc.. I don't mind it at all, part of why i go to the lake!

 

[DBreskin]

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We had a few days last summer when the WATER temperature was 83*F (28*C) in Upper Chesapeake Bay. You couldn't even cool off in the water! Still went boating though.

 

[JB]

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When I get hot water from both faucets I stay indoors. Otherwise I just keep my bucket hat wet.

 

[acarter92]

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We had a few days last summer when the WATER temperature was 83*F (28*C) in Upper Chesapeake Bay. You couldn't even cool off in the water! Still went boating though.

Yea, I was out a few days like that.... You can almost get 90* water if you go to the shallow spots on those days.

Austin

 

[buellwinkle]

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That's just weird temperatures. Locally, along the So Cal coast, it gets as hot as 75F in the summer, 60F in the winter but we get through it by wearing hats with small electric fans in the brim in the summer and sweatshirts in the winter. 113F, I can't even wrap my head around that temperature, didn't know thermometers go that high.

 

[MH Hawker]

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I wish I had pictures but at the beach spot a lot drag a folding chair out into the water and sit neck deep lolol and their is a floating tray for the drinks.

 

[SDSeville]

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Mostly about 75 here in SoCal but been out in 120+ several times in Nevada and Az. We just keep the chairs in the water under the EZ-up. And stay under the Bimini when in the boat.

What really sucks is changing a flat trailer tire on the highway (with no shade) when it is over 120.

 

[LippCJ7]

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Flippin Aussies always stirring the pot in winter.....