Tuesday, August 27, 2013

More of the same

Next Swims:
   Wednesday August 28th @ 6am
   Thursday August 29th @ 6am

Last Swim:
   Tuesday August 27th @ 6pm
      Water Temp:
         47.4 - macho meter
         8.8C (47.4) - Traceable Platinum Scientific Meter
      Air Temp: 94 & sunny
      Waves: flat
      Clarity: crystal clear
      Crew: Capt'n with guest appearances by Sir James, Jack Frost & the Frost Family
      Skin Count: 1


This evening marked the 3rd swim where I've used the Traceable Platinum Scientific Meter to measure the water temp in addition to the Macho Meter 2000.  Up until this evening the Macho Meter had been recording a water temp approx. 1.5 degrees colder than the Traceable.  Oddly the two meters were in sync this evening....although one could argue that once the water temp goes below 50 does it really matter?

Hard to say "no" to a skin swim opportunity when the air temp is on the plus side of 90....so of course I didn't.  Similar to the last two swims, this evening's voyage took me from Klode's northeast beach up to The Garage and back.

Now that the strong west winds have subsided perhaps our warm(er) water will have a chance to return?  Stay tuned....

1 comment:

James Biles said...

Did 4k at Noyes pool. Talk about extremes, from hypothermia in 40+ lake to heat stroke in 80+ pool. Choose your poison. Hurry up and open back up WSAC!