Gosh - it was cold today

[Gordon Chesterman]

Here in the Fens the wind blows off Siberia, howls over the North Sea and straight up my trouser legs, down my sleeves, around my neck and into my face. Other than wrapping eight feet of scarf around your head, wearing three pairs of trousers and four gloves - how else do people keep warm whilst standing on the back steering..?!

Gordon

[onthecut]

Doors closed behind legs; hatch drawn to; boaty cabin stove well fired up and nice draughts of warm air of engine. Aaaaahh !!

 

 

Mike.

[Lady Muck]

tea, tea and more tea.

[Chris J W]

Spent most of the afternoon in Ikea, so pretty toasty there!

 

It's nearly snowing up here on Cow Roast.

[Adam]

Back doors shut and engine cover lifted off (semi trad stern)

[dor]

My wife uses a motorcycle heated waistcoat. Suprisingly effective and only draws about 5 amps.

 

She suffers from Reynauld's Syndrome, so is very susceptible to cold on the extremities. By using the waistcoat it helps keep up the core temperature which helps keep the extremities warm. She also has some heated gloves for really extreme conditions.

Edited November 18, 2007 by dor

[Supermalc]

By buying one of these with a heater....

 

 

[Travis]

Wheelhouse, with a radiator.

[zenataomm]

A good rubbing down with a hot woman!

[seaandland]

Me and my girlfriend had a little fun in the snow today with Billy my dog, A SNOWBALL FIGHT.

 

[carlt]

Me and my girlfriend had a little fun in the snow today with Billy my dog, A SNOWBALL FIGHT.

 

Good to see you made sure of a police presence, in case things got out of control.

[seaandland]

They won the fight

[bottle]

Pedantic moment

 

Actually it is an Ambulance Response Vehicle, in case there was a rock in the snowball .

 

You can tell by the colour of the 'battenburg'.

[1066]

Actually it is an Ambulance Response Vehicle, in case there was a rock in the snowball .

 

Or to give first aid to any distressed looking brass monkeys.

[smileypete]

how else do people keep warm whilst standing on the back steering..?!

Gordon

 

For really cold weather I wear a windproof lined fleece and fleece lined jeans.

 

cheers,

Pete.

[Chris J W]

We did end up having a nice scattering of snow here last night - but no where near like that above!

 

(And, as an aside, Snibbles advice about putting ash into puddles to help smooth the towpath is bloody brilliant!)

[RobinJ]

Wheelhouse, with a radiator.

One way of trying to prevent overheating on BMC's is to fit a header tank.

Bring it above the deck and it provides enough head to feed the radiator and if your really good, you can put your feet on it!

[Orphiel]

fleece lined jeans.

 

Where do you get such godlike sounding inventions?

[carlt]

Where do you get such godlike sounding inventions?

Lands end

 

Edited to say: sorry, have a link

Edited November 19, 2007 by carlt

[Tinally]

I have a one-piece thermal suit with built in hood that I bought for angling. OK - I look like a blue Michelin man, but I'm warm as toast in there!! I don't think they make they any more, but all the mail order angling suppliers have plenty of choice in more modern, and probably far superior, garments. Don't expect them to be cheap!!

 

Dick

[Moley]

I have a one-piece thermal suit with built in hood that I bought for angling. OK - I look like a blue Michelin man, but I'm warm as toast in there!!

 

Now there's a thought, I have a one-piece thermal suit without a hood, which is a diver's garment to wear inside a drysuit.

 

Dive shops would know it as a ‘Wooly Bear’.

 

I wouldn't recommend googling for a Wooly Beaver, but they do a few undersuits here

 

(messed up the link, clck ‘Products’ and then ‘Undersuits’)

Edited November 19, 2007 by Moley

[blackrose]

Sorry but I don't understand why anyone wants to move in this sort of weather? It's as much as I can do to live on a boat in the cold & I don't even want to think about moving. As long as I've got plenty of coal and plenty of grub onboard I'm fine but I don't want to be standing out on deck. I ride a motorbike everyday even through winter so that's quite enough cold and rain for me. Perhaps I've got that Reynauld's Syndrome too...

[Chris-B]

Light the range in the back cabin, shut the doors and pull the slide over..

with a barbour and jumper on all nice and warm

Oh and I can look at all these people with cruiser/semi trad/widebeam rear decks and feel VERY SMUG

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edited to say: this can only be done if you have a "proper" boat

 

 

 

 

Duck before the flack flies

[carlt]

Light the range in the back cabin, shut the doors and pull the slide over..

with a barbour and jumper on all nice and warm

Oh and I can look at all these people with cruiser/semi trad/widebeam rear decks and feel VERY SMUG

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edited to say: this can only be done if you have a "proper" boat

 

 

 

 

Duck before the flack flies

Turn the heater up in the wheelhouse (of my proper boat).

[magnetman]

I wear tights.