stuck in the mud

From: Ken Poulton (poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Sep 24 1998 - 12:24:10 PDT 

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From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>
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> Have not been sailing since Sunday when I got stuck in the mud at Palo
> Alto. Seems low tide at 3rd and Palo Alto is getting more serious as
> Summer ends. I am guessing from Sept-Oct we should be sneaking out of
> work by 2pm to have a longer session before the ebb takes all the
> water? Is this fair or should I read the tide charts everyday?
> Anybody want to give some general tide advice as winter approaches? I
> hope someone can give us some pointers to avoid that sticky bay mud
> which makes your wetsuit smell!!!

For Palo Alto, you just have to read the charts:

                          Crissy 3rd Ave Palo Alto
    Low_Tide: 09-20 5:45 AM +0.5 7:00 AM +0.5 7:47 AM +0.4
  Safe_After: . . . . 9:17 AM +2.5 10:31 AM +4.0
   High_Tide: . 12:34 PM +5.3 1:16 PM +7.0 1:25 PM +7.6
Unsafe_After: . . . . 5:34 PM +2.5 5:17 PM +4.0
    Low_Tide: . 6:06 PM +1.2 7:22 PM +1.3 8:10 PM +1.1

The claim here is that you should have been able to sail over the mud
until 5:17, but would be courting slimola by 6:30. When did you
get stuck in the mud?

Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis

"Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment." -- Buster Bunny (Tiny Toons)

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