Tide Tables

nortonmotors

nortonmotors

Well-Known Member
Joined
13 Feb 2006
Messages
631
Location
me: Lincolnshire / boat: Maldon
Visit site
For more years than I care to remember, I've used the little blue Harwich tables produced by Tidal Press Ltd of Trowbridge; a copy at home, one in the car, one at work and two in the boat.
Now I've just learned that Tidal Press have succumbed to the digital age and 2012 is the last year of publication.
Are there any other 'handy' printed tables based on Harwich rather than Southend?
 
The HHA also produce a smaller fold out tide table which is often dished out by boatyards etc. I think they have them at Foxes, but they want money for them. :(

I usually manage to acquire 2 or 3 each year, so have one here on my desk, one aboard and one in the living room.

If you contact the HHA they might send you some?
 
Thanks to all, and particularly to Sixpence; I ordered Harwich 2013 tables from the link to Tide Times. It'll be interesting to see how the layout compares to the Tidal Press tables that I've got used to.

By the way Sixpence, I have family in Ely AND Milton. So look out - they know where you live!
 
I shall look forward to meeting, and if you arrive on that bike bring a spare helmet :D
P.S. Would now be a good time to mention 'D' day imminent ? :eek:
Wonder if Roger's reading this thread :p
 
Both sets of tables arrived.
Tidal Press ones have the usual Tidal Differences at the front and measure about 150 x 100 mm.
Tide Times tables are half that size, no Differences, and very small print. Difficult enough for me to see at home in daylight, never mind under the chart table light with rainy glasses.
Anyone know of other Harwich tables that are booklet style with ageing-juvenile sized print?
 
I agree that someone should come up with 'large-print' tide tables. Particularly at night when you are trying to look at them with the aid of a head torch. While they are at it 'larpe print' Tidal stream charts would be useful too.
 
Googling 'Harwich Tide Tables' seems to get a site sponsored by, I think, Ellisons Solicitors. There's 2 month's tides to an A4 page when you print it, which might suit you.
 
If you have an Android, Apple or other smartphone, there are Apps with tide data for free.
The one I use is called TideApp by Atlantis Technology.
It gives main ports (Harwich, Dover) and many others in the UK, Europe and beyond.
You get todays tide and can then change the date to see one for any specific date in the future (and in the past I discovered when wanting to know what tide there was when I left somewhere on a previous trip when passage planning from the same port again).
 
Why not buy the excellent disc from Belfield? For less than £20 you can buy 3 years of tide tables covering the whole of the UK. Load these on PCM or laptop and then print as many copies as you like for as many ports of interest as you wish in whatever size of font suits your eyesight.
 
baffled9 said:
Why not buy the excellent disc from Belfield? For less than £20 you can buy 3 years of tide tables covering the whole of the UK. Load these on PCM or laptop and then print as many copies as you like for as many ports of interest as you wish in whatever size of font suits your eyesight.
Click to expand...

I agree - really useful reference - installed on the laptop at work and the laptop at home, with tidal curves for all the secondary ports - just perfect for idly wondering what time you can get into the Deben on Saturday when sitting in work on a rainy Monday!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top