Weather is fascinating living on the coast of Maine. For years I was confounded by it until I learned through experience; weather on the coast is largely about the North Atlantic Ocean, 600 feet to my South.
She runs cold through the long winter and stores that immense energy. It can be balmy a few miles inland while you'll want a jacket or two (and layers) as you approach the sea.
She is beginning to give it up: Today was a milestone, I noticed the NOAA buoy near by broke the magic number, 50F. That's a yardstick for me.
You'll note that just above that 50.5F water temperature, the air is 49.1F. And so it reads on the thermometer out my kitchen window.
My last sail of 2018 was the end of October. Summers heat stored in the ocean water was stretching the season. It was warmer on the water than it is today, first of June.
I'm painting the bottom of my boat today, the last chore before launch.
She runs cold through the long winter and stores that immense energy. It can be balmy a few miles inland while you'll want a jacket or two (and layers) as you approach the sea.
She is beginning to give it up: Today was a milestone, I noticed the NOAA buoy near by broke the magic number, 50F. That's a yardstick for me.
You'll note that just above that 50.5F water temperature, the air is 49.1F. And so it reads on the thermometer out my kitchen window.
My last sail of 2018 was the end of October. Summers heat stored in the ocean water was stretching the season. It was warmer on the water than it is today, first of June.
I'm painting the bottom of my boat today, the last chore before launch.