wind over tide

[trigger]

ive often thought whilst observing other boats at anchor at the back of the island how many of them dont take notice of the wind direction in relevance to the tide.

last winter there were two open boats not far from us both no more than 15ft in length, the wind was strong and the same direction as the tide,the sea state looked quite calm ,

however when the tide turned and started to flood things were getting uncomfortable to the point that we upped anchor and started to move back to the solent, on nearing the bridge and the needles the seas where rough and rather daunting,no worries for us as we had been expecting it but we did wonder why the two small boats that we had seen had not done likewise as they had rounded this point earlier in the day,

this makes me wonder if a lot of boaters get into trouble having not taken into account wind over tide, or even carry charts which always show overfalls and hazards

cmon guys before you venture out,

do some homework,

get some charts ,

get some local knowledge,

and always put safety first.

tight lines guys regards trigger.

[danglinglad2]

Or whether it is a neap tide or a spring tide

[trigger]

yup and of course neap or spring tide.
regards trig