Ha! I laughed out loud at the last sentence. We're currently spending the summer on the Chesapeake Bay and I will say that this summer has been unusually mild. I, too, never want to have to endure cold weather though, so I feel your pain. Hoping you're able to find sunshine and warmth in whatever ways you can! (I will say that hot chili and other comfort food is nice for a change... the only good thing about cold weather!)
Get him some long johns etc to go under his clothes.
I too hate chilly weather but thermals always made it bearable!
Once you've spent time in South Mexico and measured the plus vs negatives, you'll want to exit the Panama canal and head North instead of going across the Pacific. If not Zihuatenejo, Old town Puerto Vallarta or Old Town Mazatlan. Bumfuzzle is currently living in Mazatlan after having sailed around the world. $1 beer, $1 fish tacos, warm weather and Sea of Cortwez during the winter.
I can imagine the cold is quite a change from your times on the islands down south!
I kind of like the winter, at least if there is a possibility of going skiing. Otherwise I try to make it as cozy as possible with lots of good food and movie nights :)
Hang in there, maybe he'll start enjoying it after some time!
Yeah, make Alex watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EY7lYRneHc
As much as the last thing you could possibly want to do right now is get back on that damn boat, September is the best month of the year to sail in New England - Nantucket, Vineyard ,Cuttyhunk, Mystic, Block Island, P'town, whale watching on Stallwagen. Don't miss your opportunity!
I hope you are not serious about solarium. Very destructive for the skin.
It's amazing like someone's "torture" is someone else's paradise :))
It is so hot here in europe; I'm already dreaming of winter and wool sweaters and lovely boots ;))) And hoodies!
Try the Gulf Coast. Pensacola to Appalachicola. You would recognize the Spanish and French influences and the weather is great. Also the benefit of lower cost fo living and warmer climates.
Pensacola beaches are the best in the world and we have a Seville Quarter
Good luck
Jeff
American football and beer will get him through December. I grew up in NY and still do not like the cold.
Lol. American football and beer is probably right the opposite of what this man enjoys.
No I'm not serious about solarium, it would be an effective way to destroy the skin forever.
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Alex can come and build a number of carbon products for my 50' catamaran while you guys live on her, I live in the house. You would be warm in the Florida Keys and only a hour drive from Miami. If interested leave a message on my website and I will give up my email address. http://www.sailblogs.com/member/cheval/
Sail across and down to Bermuda if it gets too cold. Nice change of pace there from where you are (USA).
Come down South!!!!!
I find plenty of red wine and good food helps get me through the northern winters here in the UK. Alex is dead right about getting the stove on too - that's of almost religious significance during the winter. There's a certain "bunker mentality" you have to get into. It's like the world is trying to kill you and it's up to you to remain warm and cosy and fight it off!
Also midwinter festivities - there's a reason they're where they are, and it's nothing to do with babies in the middle east!
Winter survival tips? For New England?
I'm probably biased, being Canadian, but what you have right now is not winter. Not even close. We're just a few hundred km due west of you and people are still in shorts / t-shirts or less, still jumping in the lake.
That said, the woodstove helps.... a lot. Keep it well stocked. Pants with a dense, tightly woven fabric help; denim does not help. A toque helps. Several thin layers (long sleeve T shirt, fleece pullover, lightly insulated jacket, outer wind-break jacket) work a lot better than one massively thick layer.
Most of our Middle Eastern friends find that even though they're in parkas in September, they've more-or-less adapted to the cold by the time real winter hits in January. You'll adapt too.