Poignard
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Yachtsmans-Tidal-Atlas-Western/dp/0948788364
Dead easy with the Reeve-Fowkes tidal atlas
Dead easy with the Reeve-Fowkes tidal atlas
RYA Tidal Calcs
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LadyInBed
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Sailfree
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They are predictions but can someone remind me of the extra height achieved in recent tidal surges +1m or was it more?
I have also picked up a morring at Wotton Creek 1.5hrs before high water to find the boat "settled" and noticed tide going out!! Check almanac and double checked on chartplotter predictions and it as definately 1.5hrs before high tide!!
I "ploughed" my way out through the silt - quickly.
I have also picked up a morring at Wotton Creek 1.5hrs before high water to find the boat "settled" and noticed tide going out!! Check almanac and double checked on chartplotter predictions and it as definately 1.5hrs before high tide!!
I "ploughed" my way out through the silt - quickly.
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Poignard
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That's very good but I don't have internet access from the boat, unless in a marina with wifi
LadyInBed
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Copy them onto your phone / tablet / laptop!
Print and laminate them !!
SimonFa
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On my DS and YM theory courses the instructor never tired of remaining us that that tides haven't read the tide tables.
Poignard
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What I did, 16 years ago, was to cut up the Reeve-Fowkes tial atlas, laminate the individual pages and keep them in a ring-folder. I use a Chinagraph pencil to write on them and get a free copy of the Cherbourg tide tables every years from the publisher of the atlas.
When The Old Guvnor finally takes the hint and buys me a smart-phone for Xmas I will use LIB's excellent website
John.edwards
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lucky you having a tidal atlas. Australia's hydro service is still planning for one...
Amulet
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Depends where you sail. I learned on the West Coast of Scotland, where ten metres is shallow water. I sail on East of England where half a metre can be a luxury. We know that predictions are not always accurate, but you do sanity check the depth in the safe bits before trying the hard bits. Also, when you do run aground and get stuck on the mud, it's nice to be able to calculate when you'll be afloat again.