Hi Skip,
The temperature up north is a constant 30-34 C through the day, and in
the buildup and wet, still 28-30C at 3am except during the
thunderstorms and cyclones. The water is too warm to swim fast. I
would get overheated after a 50 second 50m swim. Subsequently the
breeze over the water is warm and humid. I found 4L a day was not
enough in those conditions. I needed at least 6-7 L a day to be able
to have a decent piss. Going out for an short days fishing to catch
some Barramundi, we'd go through at least two 2L containers of cordial
each. There is still another 16 hours to get through. When I did beach
15Km runs the intake would increase again. Then again, I am fairly
large (6'4" and somewhere around 220lbs). I'd consider some
rehydration fluids in case of overdoing it. I agree about doubling the
capacity in case of hold ups.
--- In harryproa@yahoogrou
>
> Re water (just a lurker otherwise) general rule of thumb is one
> gallon/person/
> drinking (hydration) purposes only. Add a bit to be on safe side and
> double your trip time if there's no good way to resupply. That's for
> general purposes, for paddling all out I use 16 fluid ounces/hour
> say .5L/hour and that has worked well.
>
> cheers, Skip
>
> --- In harryproa@yahoogrou
> >
> > The boat could easily dissappear off into the sunset on its own , it
> is a difficult boat to stop moving - light weight no displacement,
> draft. Can't really do much except stay on or tie a rope around body .
> > About 20L enough water? Maybe 30L.
> > Nopticed last night there ae a few lights shown on the charts
> Troughton Island etc, planning on using a compass and then check for a
> starto line up on at night.
> >
> > Any thoughts on the Gulf of Carpentaria - about 270 miles across, a
> bit steep chop.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> CLIP
>
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