Tuesday, 24 November
Today we knew we would have two shoaling areas to transit, and again planned for transit during high tide. The water was deeper than expected and the currents were strong. But no dramas or complications were experienced and we enjoyed a lovely day.
We commented on the crazy currents to the dock master at Dataw Island Marina, and that is when we learned we had hit the spring tide effected by the full moon. We could expect the water to rise by 10 feet when the next high tide came in.
With the greater tide swings the currents would also be running stronger.
This also meant that low tides would be lower – so we definitely knew we wanted to time shoaling areas with rising or high tides for the next day.
So with everything else we have to keep in mind for life on the boat we are learning we must also consider lunar cycles.
