[Rhodes22-list] Question for Rober Skinner

[Robert Skinner]

ed kroposki wrote:
> Robert,
> Has all your ice melted?  The water temperature here
> is 84 degrees.
> SEE:    http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/lakes/hartwell/

The lake water is warming a bit, but will not be really 
enjoyable until August, and then only above the 
thermocline without a wet suit.

We had very little ice this last winter.  Several ice
fishing tournaments had to be canceled for safety
reasons, and we had more than the usual number of auto
and snowmobile sinkings.  Some snowmobilers persist in 
thinking that if they get going fast enough (70-90 mph), 
they can cross open water.  Some make it, many don't.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is now
fining ($5,000-25,000+) people who drive their vehicles
onto ice and go through.

The open ocean is never warm, of course.  Even in the 
summer, you need a survival suit of you go overboard.

But the sailing in the Gulf of Maine is some of the 
best in the world!  Y'all come up, now...

/Robert Skinner