Calculating Tidal Heights at a Standard Port

[@hamilton.erickson4300]

great tutorial, thank you

[@FreeSailingTutorials]

My pleasure.

[@garviere]

well I did a recent Powerboat level 2 course which covered very basic navigation but I want to eventually build up my qualifications starting with a navigation course and then my Day Skipper. So while I scrape together some shekels I'm trying to get ahead a little on navigation so as not to be out of my depth on the course. I have a good grasp of how to plot a course so far as bearings and course to steer etc allowing for magnetic variation and tide etc but I just find the intricacies of tide calculations a bit of a skull strainer. Cheers Guy

[@warrenthorp]

Great tutorial, again. Thank you.

[@FreeSailingTutorials]

Thank you. Glad it was helpful.

[@mhtareq007]

Seems new channel but very fluent lecture. Wish to get secondary port calculation next. This video was short without any seasonal change.

[@FreeSailingTutorials]

Thanks for your suggestion. We're working on a secondary port video at the moment - thanks!

[@lendewit5146]

How about a video explaining how to calculate bridge clearance at a secondary port as a follow up to this one?

[@FreeSailingTutorials]

Great idea. Thanks Len. I will add it to the list for April/May.

[@FreeSailingTutorials]

That's now been done Len. Check out our channel for that video.

[@margaritastrode4752]

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[@somyrab]

What’s a feather where is a feather

[@garviere]

I know you're mentioning everything but it's in a rather glibly skipping over manner and you've already done stuff I need to see done. Can you please do a step by step explanation with no- "I've already calculated the speed of the rising moon and you'll need the height of the meanest water to sbubtract from Greenwich bewitching hour which you''l find under any glass on a sunday, so just add that to the hypotenuse of your bow sprit when the tide is ebbing unless it's a flat calm sea in which case you can just sound off johnny depth" That's pretty much what it sounds like to a beginner with poor maths. I'm exaggerating of course but you're obviously so adept at it you can't understand what landlubbers like me don't understand. Perhaps you can direct me to a video which starts from finding the right port on a chart, spotting the hazards, reading chart info etc looking up in the Alan-mac and so on one thing at a time. Many thanks Guy ;-)

[@FreeSailingTutorials]

Hi Guy. I try to keep the videos specific to topic and short so that they don't drag on forever covering the same basics in every video. I will take a look at the video and see what has been assumed and then do videos to cover those in 'how to' videos. As the video library increases, I will add bookmarks and suggested videos that are relevant during the video or on the end screen. Cheers.

[@garviere]

@@FreeSailingTutorials Great, look forward to it. Have watched it a few times and i'm beginning to make sense of it but still a bit behind. Cheers Guy

[@FreeSailingTutorials]

@@garviere No worries. Glad it's helping. Have you had any formal training? If not, getting to grips with this stuff off a couple of videos is tough. I'll take a look at this asap.