best time to leave Harwich for Solent

[iainbluk]

Hi guys,

I'm just planning my annual trip to the solent/channel Isles and trying to compute the best time to leave Harwich to make the best use of the tides and avoid reaching south foreland/dungeness/beachy head with the tide dead against us. Based on a cruising speed of 6.5 knots i think its leaving Harwich about an hour before high water.

Anyone else done this calculation, or even better, has a high tech computer programm that can work it out for them?

Thanks Iain

 

[sailorman]

That sounds about right to get the south going tide at around Sandwich

 

[tillergirl]

Not high tech computer programming but better than that: http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/

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[byron]

Not high tech computer programming but better than that: http://www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/

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