Dermot - I'm about 2.5 hours inland from VA beach - we will have a high of 18-19C, so a tad cooler than the last time I was in Ireland in July, but still, way, way warm for this time of year here. Purportedly this is due to El Nino weather pattern, which keeps pumping lots of warm gulf weather our way - keeping the jetstream north and west of us.
I need a wetsuit!
Hi Guys, I suppose that a good Summer day in Ireland would go to mid or higher 20s C. 18-19 C would be very pleasant <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
It's a bright day today, but the temp is 6C. The lake is at quite a high altitude - water very cold, so no sailing until March.
My sister and her husband moved from Palo Alto to Maryland last year and also have a house in Virginia Beach, where my mother spent Christmas. Must get over there someday <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Tim, keep working on that "new crew" - She might be another "Mary Wells" yet and go off and get her own cat <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Keith, The worst winter we had in living memory in Ireland was in '47 and did not kick in 'til Jan 20th. So we should be happy with our "mild" weather at the moment.
