Thread: Hot Weather

Sitting in form-up while they clear up an accident from the previous race, dressed in black leathers, gloves, full-face helmet and boots with the engine running 3" to the right of of me, the radiator 3" to the left and the exhaust about 1 foot behind me. The black tarmac is 3/4" below my back-side - I'm doing this for fun - right?

We tried a cool water bottle to see if it would help with the heat but the first time I braked hard 2 litres of water came flying up the hose, into the helmet and turned the helmet into a sauna - back to the drawing board

Originally Posted by RayG

So, does that mean the boat isn't sailing for the tropics when it leaves Hobart? I imagined tropical islands and sandy beaches with palm trees beckoning... ( cue slide guitar and hula girls )

Ray

Nah, been there, done that, wore out the T shirt years ago.

Kerguelen via Magellan Straits then the French canals via Japan, Alaska and the North American Great Lake system. Or more likely Bruny Island but dreams are free....

There's a good reason why I've fitted 31 (so far) sheets of 2400 x 1200 x 30 foil backed polystyrene insulation into this hull, and have a diesel heater. I don't like being cold either.

PDW

Worked in a glass manufacturing plant for a while. Got hired on at a steel mill because"I was used to the heat", found out there was a higher level of heat than a Glass Plant. Stood 7 meters away from a stream of molten steel about 16 CM in Dia. filling an ingot. Thought I would dry up and blow away even with a Silver coated lined insulating suit weighing about 40 lbs. Found out old timers did not wear any protection, they just turned lobster red.