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tbader
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Initially Posted - 02/11/2004 :  11:57:14  Show Profile
The family and I are planning on spending a weekend on the Chesapeake this summer, and I am trying to decide on the "best" time.
I am looking for some balance between having enough wind and having warm enough water for the kids to swim. We had a boat for a day out of Havre de Grace last August: warm water, not much wind.
Any suggestions from experienced Chesapeake sailors would be most appreciated.
Tom Bader
2000 WK #430
'Deliverance'
Riverton, NJ
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/11/2004 :  14:10:22  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Those of us who live were 30 days over 100 degrees is not uncomon always find it fun to listen to east coasters talk about how hot it is.
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LOREN SOUERS
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Response Posted - 02/11/2004 :  16:28:30  Show Profile
Tom,
I sailed mid-bay out of Annapolis in early August and had nice breezes, but extreme heat with the humidity of the water. I like the fall idea. BTW, you aren't planning to swim in the bay are you. There were jellyfish every 10 feet or so. The pools at some of the marinas were most welcome. Loved the sails and the venues.

Loren Souers, skipper
Nimue, the Lady of the (frozen) Lake
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 02/11/2004 :  16:48:35  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
Rainfall has a lot to do with salinity, and thus "nettles" as we call the jelly fishies. (Got to know them when I removed one from an AC cooling water strainer....I now carry latex gloves for that job ) If there is more rain, the rivers coming into the bay drive the salinity of the upper bay down....this drives the nettles south.

As far as wind.....in theory end of July August are hot and light air....however I have had two week sails in August with 10-20 every day......Ê

I've learnt to just go.......it's always better than staying home...

Oscar
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Kirk McKay
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Response Posted - 02/12/2004 :  13:13:27  Show Profile
I seem to recall a map about Jelly Fish coverage, maybe at the NOAA site? Anybody remember this? We took lessons up at Havre de Grace and swam a lot up in the flats and that was June. Great winds! Don't remember any Jelly Fish then, I think they tend to be later in the summer? Obviously earlier or later is better than the "dead" of summer for the winds. But you still can get some good early moring or late evening sails in in the really hot months.
(It's funny, now that I think of it, we were looking forward to swimming in the pool at Herrington Harbour North last summer on those un-godly hot days...but we never did. By the time we got back to the marina, we'd just go to the dock bar as fast as we could, can you say frozen drinks?)
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Kirk McKay
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 :  10:18:02  Show Profile
I knew there was something out there:

http://coastwatch.noaa.gov/seanettles/sn_maps.html

"Maps of probable sea nettle presence are created every Friday by identifying locations where the current environmental conditions are favorable to sea nettles. This is accomplished using data derived from hydrodynamic computer models and NOAA satellites. The maps are available in the following formats or presentation."

Obviously it's not the time of year for it to be active....
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 02/13/2004 :  22:49:08  Show Profile
August is the worst month on the Bay because its hot & there's not much wind until evening. (Okay, maybe Jan & Feb are worse than Aug.) The fall is nice, but I prefer last spring - May or June. Its not too hot yet, there's nice wind, the water is warm enough to swim & the jellyfish aren't prevelent yet (& I'm a jellyfish wimp - if I see one around my boat I don't swim!).

Any idea what part of the Chesapeake you want to visit?
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