....summer winding down

[kaneboats]

Well Happy Birthday to you too.

[zegm]

I won't even worry about it until November, gonna be 101 here today!

Yeah that is hot but there are 2 kinds of hot. High temp and low humidity and high temps and high humidity.
It will be 90 F with 75% humidity, so you sweat all you want and it won't help!

As far as running goes we train in the heat and our times are awful. My wife is in Minnesota this week and she dropped a minute off all her times!!!

I did get a wetsuit this year and haven't worn it yet. When that water temp hits 79F it is coming out!!! I guess having bath water (85F) will spoil ya. One reason that water here is so warm is the lakes around here are SHALLOW so there is not a large volume of water to warm even if the surface area is large. And of course having a large surface area helps to heat it even more. The deepest I ever seen on my dept finder is 12ft with the norm being around 8ft.

[saskyrider]

Yeah that is hot but there are 2 kinds of hot. High temp and low humidity and high temps and high humidity.
It will be 90 F with 75% humidity, so you sweat all you want and it won't help!

As far as running goes we train in the heat and our times are awful. My wife is in Minnesota this week and she dropped a minute off all her times!!!

I did get a wetsuit this year and haven't worn it yet. When that water temp hits 79F it is coming out!!! I guess having bath water (85F) will spoil ya. One reason that water here is so warm is the lakes around here are SHALLOW so there is not a large volume of water to warm even if the surface area is large. And of course having a large surface area helps to heat it even more. The deepest I ever seen on my dept finder is 12ft with the norm being around 8ft.

I was just way up north at a fly in fishing camp up by the Saskatchewan / North West Territories border and went for a quick dip (key word here is quick!!) the water temp was 59F.... always fun when you dive in and come up gasping from the cold... lol!! Right now our water will be around 70F and we'll start to break out the wetuits pretty soon... of course i have a little insulation to which helps....

Geoff

[bbyquist]

We will hit 90 today but then it's all downhill from there. We will have highs in the mid 60s by Sunday. Shoot, we've already had a handfull of nights with overnight lows in the 30s. Last year we had a week in late September with overnight lows in the low 20s. Depending on what the weather decides to do, I'll shoot for winterizing around the 1st of October.

There is hope though...when the boat gets put away, the skis and snowoards come out

[scoot_gt]

Anyone have there boat put up yet for the winter?

Shut yer mouth with that crazy talk!

[jester]

Guy hate to tell you but this is not an appropriate topic. This topic should be flagged and banned. Summer is NOT!! over with. I will put my boat away for the winter at the end of OCT before I go to Hawaii.

[davinci]

Unbelievable Unbelievable Unbelievable the numbers i'm hearing at 65 here in Quebec is considered nice , at 70-80 gorgeous 80-90 SCORCHING HOT !! our drysuits go on at about 60 c'mon that's 15* celcius again Unbelievable Unbelievable Unbelievable

[deafgoose]

Unbelievable Unbelievable Unbelievable the numbers i'm hearing at 65 here in Quebec is considered nice , at 70-80 gorgeous 80-90 SCORCHING HOT !! our drysuits go on at about 60 c'mon that's 15* celcius again Unbelievable Unbelievable Unbelievable

I am with you brother.

I use a 3mm/4mm wetsuit for the months of May and October. The Gatineau river is 65 degrees right now and I am not even wearing a wetshirt yet. lol

[davinci]

Hey Deafgoose the gatineau is one of most beautiful places to skate on (I did quite a bit of work for the rideau center and also fabricated the bar at the casino de hull. One thing I have to say is that I am truly greatful for our winters -30 celcius = -22 fahrenheit doing outdoor sports, now how's that for cold !!

[zegm]

Again it is all about what you are used to. It has been getting into the mid
70's at night and we call that cool outside. Now in the winter this place can be boring, boring, boring. No such thing as winter sports here, well if you are a hunter. And I do know some people that will ski here during Christmas with wetsuits on. BUT! Thats what they make Kayaks for and actually what I really bought my 2 piece farm john wetsuit for!

As far as winterizing, last year was dicey as we did have a week where it got below freezing everynight for about a week. So I had to make sure the drop light was plugged in under the motor before I went to bed.