I sail the Chesapeake on a vintage Hunter 30, we do have air conditioning after a fashion, and occasionally use it. As everyone says normally the summers on the Chesapeake are light winds and high heat and humidity, but even in the worst of summers there are nights were anchoring out are a delight.
There are many places you won't see or enjoy unless you are on the hook some of the time. I can tell a story about generators. We had a small Honda like generator we brought along in the early days, most of the time I would be in an isolated cove and no one near and I would run it to make hot water or use our microwave. One night, however we were on the hook in Rock Creek with about ten other boaters. I cranked her up and we ran it for about two hours. When I shut it down, every other boater on the creek came out and applauded. It hadn't occur to me that even sitting on an anti-vibration pad with its exhaust on the surface that my hull did a good job of transmitting it to the water and the water to everyone else. Most folks are good sports and if you run it a short while to accomplish something will be fairly forgiving but the amount of good will is inversely proportionate to the time it runs.
There are many places you won't see or enjoy unless you are on the hook some of the time. I can tell a story about generators. We had a small Honda like generator we brought along in the early days, most of the time I would be in an isolated cove and no one near and I would run it to make hot water or use our microwave. One night, however we were on the hook in Rock Creek with about ten other boaters. I cranked her up and we ran it for about two hours. When I shut it down, every other boater on the creek came out and applauded. It hadn't occur to me that even sitting on an anti-vibration pad with its exhaust on the surface that my hull did a good job of transmitting it to the water and the water to everyone else. Most folks are good sports and if you run it a short while to accomplish something will be fairly forgiving but the amount of good will is inversely proportionate to the time it runs.