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04-01-2018, 13:06
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#31
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: oriental
Boat: crowther trimaran 33
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
100 years ago the winter was _much_ colder. About 20 degrees colder that this weather.
The abermarle and pamlico sounds froze over. This winter is nothing.
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04-01-2018, 13:15
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#32
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 347
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
Last night here in Suwannee River FL, about 4 I hear my water pump running, I quickly realized water was frozen & jumped up & shut it off..it's 3pm & 34 degrees Fahrenheit. ..there was ice on the dock! Burrrr! I obviously didn't get far enough south! It should be against the law to get so cold! Lol.. but I guess I won't get much sympathy from the folks up in the Northeast Coast .....I feel sorry for you folks...my pump didn't thaw out till about 2pm.......so this brings a question that I never thought I would need to ask, what do you do to keep storage water from freezing? I had to wait for things to thaw to do dishes this morning!
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04-01-2018, 13:45
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#33
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Toronto
Boat: Small yellow rubber ducky
Posts: 665
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
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Originally Posted by alaskaflyfish
Pfft!!! A little ice and snow, enjoy it for its sort duration. I live in Alaska where winter lasts 9 months. Want to trade, no?
On a side note: 1989 before I left Newfoundland it snowed 3" on June 3rd. Swim shorts one day and a parka the next, that was freaky.
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I guess it's like they say in politics...
"Where you stand depends on where you sit."
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04-01-2018, 13:50
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#34
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Charleston, SC
Boat: Pearson 424
Posts: 149
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
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Originally Posted by alaskaflyfish
Pfft!!! A little ice and snow, enjoy it for its sort duration. I live in Alaska where winter lasts 9 months. Want to trade, no?
On a side note: 1989 before I left Newfoundland it snowed 3" on June 3rd. Swim shorts one day and a parka the next, that was freaky.
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Right, I understand the Northern climate, I lived in New England for many years. It’s just not right getting snow like this in SC.
The day I moved to Missula Mt on August 21st years ago there was 6” of snow on the ground.
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04-01-2018, 14:19
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#35
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Yucatan, Mexico
Boat: Molenmaker Dutch steel gaff-rigged ketch
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
From the CBC News article: "How can it be so cold with global warming?
Don't confuse weather — which is a few days or weeks in one region — with climate, which is over years and decades and global. Weather is like a person's mood, which changes frequently, while climate is like someone's personality, which is more long-term, Furtado said.
"A few cold days doesn't disprove climate change," Furtado said. "That's just silly. Just like a couple down days on the stock market doesn't mean the economy is going into the trash."
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Originally Posted by taxwizz
What happened to all that Global Warming they keep promising me?
I wonder if Trump is right....Is Global Warming just Fake News?

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04-01-2018, 14:20
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#36
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Boat: JBW club 420, MFG Bandit, Snark
Posts: 871
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
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Originally Posted by Kita
Last night here in Suwannee River FL, about 4 I hear my water pump running, I quickly realized water was frozen & jumped up & shut it off..it's 3pm & 34 degrees Fahrenheit. ..there was ice on the dock! Burrrr! I obviously didn't get far enough south! It should be against the law to get so cold! Lol.. but I guess I won't get much sympathy from the folks up in the Northeast Coast .....I feel sorry for you folks...my pump didn't thaw out till about 2pm.......so this brings a question that I never thought I would need to ask, what do you do to keep storage water from freezing? I had to wait for things to thaw to do dishes this morning!
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You were staying aboard but not keeping it warm enough that the water in the boat wouldn't freeze? Heat the boat up, mate!
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04-01-2018, 15:33
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#37
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
Boat: FP Belize Maestro 43 and OPBs
Posts: 11,161
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
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Originally Posted by Spindrift NH
Charleston this morning
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Aah! We've finally reached a GW tipping point - everything has gone sideways!
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04-01-2018, 15:49
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#38
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: AK
Boat: Albin Vega 27
Posts: 395
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
As a kid in grade-school, our Canadian history class showed us a picture of George Washington (first U.S. President) crossing an ice filled Delaware River. Or, the first settlers in Jamestown froze to death during the winter. What changed? Maybe temps are just normalizing.
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04-01-2018, 15:50
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#39
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: East Cackalacky
Boat: Hunter 340, 1999, 34'
Posts: 182
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
At Sequoyah's dock in New Bern, North Carolina, there's ice on everything, six inches of snow on top of it, and single digit nights. I have no idea what we did to make the weather gods so annoyed with us, but we need to figure it out.
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04-01-2018, 18:14
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#40
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: MD DC area/Annapolis/Baltimore
Boat: 1985 Catalina 27
Posts: 316
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Suijin
Definitely be careful on icy docks. When I was a live aboard there were days in the winter when I simply did not leave the boat; between ice on the dock and low water, getting off the boat was simply just not worth the risk. The ice on the docks make them like a skating rink and even with crampons you were taking your life in your hands and there was no one around to help if you fell in to the 34 degree water. Always seemed like one or two boaters on the bay bought it during winter from falling in getting on or off their boat after an ice storm.
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How do you keep warm your living quarters aboard? Just curious. Contemplating living aboard sometime. What's the relationship heat/humidity in a boat in winter? Can you keep the heat evenly distributed below? Would love to hear your comments. Thanks.
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04-01-2018, 23:15
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#41
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: puget sound washington
Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
Quote:
Originally Posted by kmacdonald
May your days be filled with earthquakes. 
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you clairvoyant?
California earthquake: 4.4 magnitude temblor jolts Bay Area - CNN
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04-01-2018, 23:20
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#42
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: puget sound washington
Boat: 1968 Islander bahama 24 hull 182, 1963 columbia 29 defender. hull # 60
Posts: 9,291
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ferrailleur
How do you keep warm your living quarters aboard? Just curious. Contemplating living aboard sometime. What's the relationship heat/humidity in a boat in winter? Can you keep the heat evenly distributed below? Would love to hear your comments. Thanks.
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in port electric heaters , at anchor diesel heater.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-Diesel-A...JZ7bPT&vxp=mtr
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05-01-2018, 01:20
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#43
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Kemah, Tx
Boat: Catalina 380
Posts: 73
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
We had the same stuff in Texas about two days ago. Much better now. Should be in the 50s tomorrow. Going to break out my flip flops.
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05-01-2018, 03:46
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#44
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
Quote:
Originally Posted by alaskaflyfish
Pfft!!! A little ice and snow, enjoy it for its sort duration. I live in Alaska where winter lasts 9 months.,.
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Jan 2, 2018
... The average high in Anchorage is 22. On Tuesday, highs are expected to reach the mid 40s. As of 8:53 a.m. AT, it was already 41 degrees. At the same moment, 12:53 p.m. ET, the temperature in Jacksonville, Florida was 40 degrees.
Yes, it was indeed warmer in Anchorage than Jacksonville today (Jan 2)...
➥ https://www.wcpo.com/news/national/i...-than-florida-
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05-01-2018, 04:31
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#45
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Naples, FL
Boat: Gemini 105M 34
Posts: 318
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Re: Georgia's Warm, Right? Not Today!
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