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Originally Posted by sailingfool
just remember that mose tide table tell you mean low water, which is an average, half the time the water is lower than the mean, and more with the spring tide. see Tide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia if you want a refresher on terms. Five feet at spring low should be OK. |
Huh?? 5 feet At low water leave him with just 3" under the keel. What if he swings into the mooring or high winds fetch waves that can diminish the trough depth?
For me 8' would be my absolute minimum and that's in a very protected area with zero wind fetch potential and max potential waves of less than 1 foot..
In Maine we can see spring tides of more 3' less than the mean marked depth on a chart...
P.S. It would hep us answer your question more accurately if you filled out your profile with things like what boat you have and where your home sailing waters are.. ME and FL have very different tides??