Beach to Battleship

Everyone is hopeful the current will carry them for a good part of the swim but i read Mark's post on Slowtwitch that the race starts at the tail end of slack tide...Translation - NO Current.
Times will be slower this year unless they delay the race start.


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Tell me it ain't so.

I am such a poor swimmer that my only hope of making time cutoff was the tide!

Tell me it ain't so.

I am such a poor swimmer that my only hope of making time cutoff was the tide!

looks like the full folks wont have it so fast..but the half folks it looks good

http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/cal ... /7074.html

Ok, so I've searched Slowtwitch and the web for slacktide. The consensus is approx upto 1:30hr on either side of the lowest or highest tide. That put slack tide for 2009 ending at 5:21am and starting again at 9:01am at the extreme end of the "slack tide range". I don't think we have anything to worry about.
Tides
2008-11-01 3:40 AM EDT 0.10 feet Low Tide
2008-11-01 9:57 AM EDT 3.83 feet High Tide

2009-11-07 3:51 AM EST -0.47 feet Low Tide
2009-11-07 10:31 AM EST 4.37 feet High Tide

Last year we started the full around 7:10 am.

Scott

OK, then I will make my room reservation. wish me luck.

I am another weak swimmer that will need all the help that I can get.

trisax62 wrote:Ok, so I've searched Slowtwitch and the web for slacktide. The consensus is approx upto 1:30hr on either side of the lowest or highest tide. That put slack tide for 2009 ending at 5:21am and starting again at 9:01am at the extreme end of the "slack tide range". I don't think we have anything to worry about.
Tides
2008-11-01 3:40 AM EDT 0.10 feet Low Tide
2008-11-01 9:57 AM EDT 3.83 feet High Tide

2009-11-07 3:51 AM EST -0.47 feet Low Tide
2009-11-07 10:31 AM EST 4.37 feet High Tide

Last year we started the full around 7:10 am.

Scott

I think you have the wrong tide chart. Looks like you looked it up for Wilmington Beach. The swim starts at Masonboro Inlet, which is north of Wilmington Beach. The tide chart for Mase. shows low on the 7th at 4:54 AM. Link to Chart: http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/cal ... /3631.html Add in the official sunrise last year was 7:31 AM and the predicted sunrise this year of 6:30 AM This puts start ~ 2 hours after the tide change unlike the ~ 3+ hours like last year. No doubt their will still be current helping. Will it be as strong as last year, ehh?? We could have a NE wind and completely cancel out the current advantage, or a S/SW wind that aides. That's the fun right?

It seems to me that in 2008 the tide went from low to high like: 0.52ft at 4:28AM to 4.28ft at 10:40AM. The strongest current appeared at about 7:34AM - some 25min after race start.
In 2009 the tide will rise from 0,22ft at 4:54AM to 4.58ft at 11.05AM - making the current strongest at 7:50AM (approx. 20min after race start due to the later sun rise.

All in all I believe that this states that the current will be faster in 2009 than in 2008. Or did I miss something?

/BjM

Bjarne wrote:It seems to me that in 2008 the tide went from low to high like: 0.52ft at 4:28AM to 4.28ft at 10:40AM. The strongest current appeared at about 7:34AM - some 25min after race start.
In 2009 the tide will rise from 0,22ft at 4:54AM to 4.58ft at 11.05AM - making the current strongest at 7:50AM (approx. 20min after race start due to the later sun rise.

All in all I believe that this states that the current will be faster in 2009 than in 2008. Or did I miss something?

/BjM

The race should start on time this year. The 2008 race was on the last Saturday of Daylight Saving Time, while the 2009 edition will be the first Saturday back on Standard Time. Therefore, the sunrise will be almost an hour earlier (clock time).

It's still an incoming tide...

--Ron

According to the Farmers Almanac, and Tides.com website - the tide at Wrightsville Beach will be incoming from 4am to 10am - so we should have a current behind us.

outstanding !

If Bjarne says its incoming, that's good enough for me. I finished the half right after he finished the full!! He's crazy fast! So I'm not too worried about the tide. I'd be more worried about sharks!!