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01-25-2023, 07:51 AM
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Senior Member
City: FT.Pierce, Fl
Vessel Name: Tuna Talk
Vessel Model: CC Tournament 30
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 160
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Too cold for me
I have worked and lived in the Bahamas the last 26 years and also own a home in Fort Pierce. The other week the temperature dipped down to the fifties at night and around seventy during the day. I don't like the cold and don't hold up well against it. My thinking was "this is about as cold a day as I want to be out on the water" as I huddled behind the windscreen and console.
So I ask - what is your threshold for heading out on the water during the colder seasons?
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01-25-2023, 07:58 AM
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Guru
City: Rochester, NY
Vessel Name: Hour Glass
Vessel Model: Chris Craft 381 Catalina
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 6,425
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It depends on how long we'll be out, what the wind is doing, if it's sunny, etc. Late in the season when we're trying to get a few more days in, it's not uncommon for us to be out with temperatures in the mid 50s, but at least some sun.
Our record was a "last run before winterizing" with some friends to check out out the trees up-river. We got back as it was getting dark, so no meaningful sun, and the weather app on my phone was showing 36* outside...
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01-25-2023, 08:04 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,024
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Greetings,
Mr. JC. My threshold is more than 1/2" ice thickness. Really can beat up the hull. Not too fussy about blizzards either when the visibility is less than a mile, or so.
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01-25-2023, 08:18 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 11,796
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I left Crisfield, MD on the Chesapeake in February of 2016. The brackish water was below 32 degrees and the air temperature was in the teens around 2 AM. There's a lot to be said for a pilothouse with cabin heat off the engine.
These days my coldest day boating is usually in July crossing from the Keweenaw peninsula to Isle Royale on Lake Superior. Water temperatures can be in the 30s.
Ted
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01-25-2023, 10:15 AM
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Guru
City: Montgomery
Vessel Name: Choices
Vessel Model: 36 Grand Banks Europa
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 725
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65 is it for me. Takes to long for the ice to melt I'm my drink. I prefer bikinis to parkas.
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01-25-2023, 10:21 AM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 26,582
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I used to love putting around Cape May Harbor, NJ in a light snowfall in my center console. Trailer boat so easy to haul and drain.
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01-25-2023, 10:33 AM
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Guru
City: Seattle
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,906
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When I had my pilothouse boat, the temperature year round was 70-ish INSIDE, so I could care less what the weather was like outside. Rain, snow, sun… didn’t make a difference, and I love the feeling of being all warm and bundled up inside my cozy PH.
That’s why I can’t go back to sailboats.
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01-25-2023, 10:39 AM
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Guru
City: Guelph
Vessel Name: Escapade
Vessel Model: 50` US Navy Utility trawler conversion
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 2,037
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My pilothouse boat is set up for winter operations. Anything above freezing is fine. Some of the nicest cruising I've had has been in 30-50F air temperature range.
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01-25-2023, 10:52 AM
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Senior Member
City: Mercer Island
Vessel Name: Sababa
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 37
Join Date: May 2022
Posts: 190
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I spent a rare sunny and calm but cold week working remotely from my boat in the San Juan Islands in November and loved it. Had all the anchorages and towns to myself, and the winter light on the water and shore was like liquid gold. Temps were in the thirties but I was snug as a bug with the diesel furnace going. Bundled up and took the dogs for long walks off leash on my “private islands” every day. In places like there that are a zoo in the summer but don’t close down entirely in the off season, winter is a great time to cruise!
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01-25-2023, 10:53 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Grand Haven
Vessel Name: Feath (fee-a) Gaelic for Calm, Tranquil
Vessel Model: 1989 Jefferson 37 Sundeck
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 67
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in 2015, we had at that time a 32 Ericson sailboat with a dodger/bimini and no enclosure. We departed Muskegon, MI for a trip up to the North Channel of Lake Huron on May 21. It was 36 degrees. That was a little too cold, but we did it.
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01-25-2023, 10:53 AM
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Guru
City: Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, (or where the anchor drops)
Vessel Model: 1973 42 Bertram MY
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,466
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Choices
65 is it for me. Takes to long for the ice to melt I'm my drink. I prefer bikinis to parkas.
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That’s about my limit, too. Luckily, we only get a couple of months where it gets below that some days down here!
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01-25-2023, 10:57 AM
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Guru
City: Vermont
Vessel Name: Luna C.
Vessel Model: 1977 Marine Trader 34DC
Join Date: Sep 2020
Posts: 1,035
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I just drive from inside if it starts getting chilly or wet.
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01-25-2023, 10:58 AM
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Guru
City: Guelph
Vessel Name: Escapade
Vessel Model: 50` US Navy Utility trawler conversion
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 2,037
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LenBuchanan
in 2015, we had at that time a 32 Ericson sailboat with a dodger/bimini and no enclosure. We departed Muskegon, MI for a trip up to the North Channel of Lake Huron on May 21. It was 36 degrees. That was a little too cold, but we did it.
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I did a sailboat delivery last year between Chicago and the Bruce Peninsula. I told the owner I wouldn't leave before June 1. Even that can be early.
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01-25-2023, 11:05 AM
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Guru
City: Gibsons, B.C., Canada
Vessel Name: Island Pride
Vessel Model: Palmer 32'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,185
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We USED to go out in inclement weather.
Kicked the frozen to the dock lines to free them.
Cleaned 6"-8" snow off the boat.
Broke ice to get home.
Heavy fog in ferry lanes so we hung at the marina untill we were sure they were no where near us.
We didn't go out looking for it but we knew the conditions could cause those troublesome conditions.
Often the conditions were absolutely beautiful. Flat, calm sea we could see our wake in for several miles back, almost no other boats, clear blue skies.
But no more.
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01-25-2023, 11:21 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Puget Sound
Vessel Name: Muirgen
Vessel Model: 50' Beebe Passagemaker
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 2,578
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mako
When I had my pilothouse boat, the temperature year round was 70-ish INSIDE, so I could care less what the weather was like outside. Rain, snow, sun… didn’t make a difference, and I love the feeling of being all warm and bundled up inside my cozy PH.
That’s why I can’t go back to sailboats.
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THIS^^^^!
We too have a pilothouse heater, and reverse cycle if the generator or main engine is running, and Hydronic heat for when they are not. So our tolerance is, as long as there is no ice on the water, we're game!
That being said, we're heading South for warmer waters come this Fall. Being comfortable in the boat, does NOT equate to being comfortable in the water. I'm done with drysuits.  
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Vessel Model: 50' Beebe Passagemaker
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01-25-2023, 11:38 AM
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Guru
City: Gulf Islands, BC Canada
Vessel Name: Sea Sanctuary
Vessel Model: Bayliner 4588
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 3,707
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As long as the inside temp is 70* we are happy campers.
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01-25-2023, 11:54 AM
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Guru
City: Oconto, WI
Vessel Name: Best Alternative
Vessel Model: 36 Albin Aft Cabin
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 2,736
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When the rain turns to ice or slush on my wind shield I start looking for a safe harbor, unless I am less than 20 miles from my home port. Then I "run' for it.
pete
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01-25-2023, 02:00 PM
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Senior Member
City: Morehead City, NC
Vessel Name: TODAY
Vessel Model: Mikelson 43 LRC
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 260
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I took a ride on Saturday in my dinghy, no windshield, 52 to 55 degrees, moderately breezy. I was running 15 to 25 mph.
If it had been any colder, that would not have been at all enjoyable to me. The water temp was 49F, and that's a part of the comfort equation as well.
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01-25-2023, 02:12 PM
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Guru
City: Langley, BC
Vessel Name: Spinner
Vessel Model: 2003 Nordic Tug 42
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 563
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In 2019 I booked some extensive maintenance on my boat at Tri-County Diesel in Bellingham, WA. Bellingham is a long day’s cruise from Seattle… this was in January during a rare cold snap. Daytime temps were about 20F, night time temps about 10F. Thank goodness for my big Espar furnace! Heavy snow on my return journey…That was my coldest outing to date!
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01-25-2023, 04:14 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Au Gres, MI
Vessel Name: Black Dog
Vessel Model: Formula 41PC
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 18,558
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Well, hopefully all that are doing the cold weather cruising have the appropriate PPE aboard in case they happen to go into the cold water.
We lived in Tucson for 30 years before we moved back to Michigan. As we got older the heat was getting difficult to deal with. Boating when it is 115 to 118 degrees wasn’t fun anymore. So the opposite problem.
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