Hazy, Hot & Humid . . .AGAIN!

SHIP'S LOG:

      Actually, the sailing has been pretty good despite the hot and humid weather. The only problem that presents itself is overcoming the lethargy the hot and humid weather brings on. Once you ca get up and running and get the boat ready to sail, the sailing is no problem. But getting, believe me, isn't half the fun!

     I still have to be careful to drink lots of fluids, though it is easy to recognize when I haven't and "fill-up." It is amazing how much you can sweat out in a short time. Strangely, it isn't so much that you feel thirsty, you just feel hot, maybe overheated, and all your energy drains away.

     Things around TYC are unfolding as they should, though there are a lot more beach members making much more use of the beach than last year. Everyone who can get close to the water is doing so and literally, the closer you are to the water, the cooler you are.  There is a distinct difference between standing on the walkway over the sand and being on the part of the pier that is over the water.  I am actually surprised that no one has hauled a lounge chair out onto the floating dock!

     This is supposed to be a week of "potential thunderstorms." I am not quite sure what that means for it is vague even for NOAA. Official jargon keeps changing, like the Coasties telling you to "de-water your bot" - meaning pump it out, and you are never quite sure what they mean. Is "the potential for thunderstorms" and potential thunderstorms" the same thing and is that the same as " a chance of thunderstorms?" Sometimes it is more confusing than helpful.

     If we are going to have a thunderstorm, it will probably be after 5pm as the races start at 6:10pm and there is nothing like racing a sailboat in a thunderstorm, with lots of thunder and lightning and rain, all for the chance to win a can of beer!

     Summer seems to be slipping fast. True it is only early July, but we really didn't have much of a June, at least not for sailors, it's 4 months to haul-out in the Fall. That's too depressing to think about, so I will think about the fireworks extravaganza Saturday night here in New London. Here at TYC, we have a ringside seat and the show is always first class. Every place else, eat your heart out!