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by mlines » 07 Oct 2016, 19:02

Do you know what the sea temperature was? Solent is 14 degrees and I have a 5mm wetsuit with fleece rash vest. Thinking of venturing in tomorrow

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by argonaut » 07 Oct 2016, 20:18

I record sea teml ... every wee I go out ... and plot them agaist forecast temp for date.

Last week was 16

Certainly not 5mm suit yet. I was in 3mm as were others on boat ... previous week we were still in shorties.

I will be in 3mm + rash vest this weekend.
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by mlines » 08 Oct 2016, 19:10

Well you were right, the water was warm enough. However it was too rough. In most of the Solent the chop was at a level where it would have been hard to climb back in the boat and the rest was not calm enough for my ability level :(
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by argonaut » 08 Oct 2016, 22:54

Forecasting low Northerlies tomorrow .. and sunshine should be good.
So will be launching at 1000 :-)

I may take my waterski gloves though, grip becomes an issue on long runs on colder water.
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