May 23, 2008 08:23
August,
Where are you at with current directions? It's been a while since the last post. I for one would at be happy to at least have the flood and ebb direction for a current station, even if it's listed in the 'text' window of Mr. Tides.
This all came a bit real to me yesterday while coming through Spieden Channel at the north end of San Juan Island. I could not find the direction for Limestone Point (the closest current station) in either Mr. Tides or in the S-57 data on MacENC, and had to go to other sources to plan the timing. I timed my passage at slack turning to flood, which is supposed to flow eastward (my direction of travel). Even with that I found a 3kt current on the nose, which probably points out some of the problems with vectors.
Regardless, having the basic station flood/ebb direction would be very useful in planning, particularly for those places (such as the San Juans and Aleutians) where directions are not always obvious.
Where are you at with current directions? It's been a while since the last post. I for one would at be happy to at least have the flood and ebb direction for a current station, even if it's listed in the 'text' window of Mr. Tides.
This all came a bit real to me yesterday while coming through Spieden Channel at the north end of San Juan Island. I could not find the direction for Limestone Point (the closest current station) in either Mr. Tides or in the S-57 data on MacENC, and had to go to other sources to plan the timing. I timed my passage at slack turning to flood, which is supposed to flow eastward (my direction of travel). Even with that I found a 3kt current on the nose, which probably points out some of the problems with vectors.
Regardless, having the basic station flood/ebb direction would be very useful in planning, particularly for those places (such as the San Juans and Aleutians) where directions are not always obvious.