Secondary Ports
Secondary Ports
You might think, as I and many others do, that the well known chore of calculating times and heights of tides at Secondary Ports is something that we could well do without. Often the task is poorly taught at night school classes and from that moment on the damage has been done.
Therefore anything that can be done to eliminate this chore should be welcomed with open arms. In an ideal world every port would be a Standard Port, each with a complete set of tide tables. But for many years that just wasn’t practicable. Now a digital almanac, such as the Wiley Nautical Almanac has made the space and commissioned the necessary work to provide complete tide tables for 108 Secondary Ports. This was a cool, well thought-out step in what we feel is the right direction – we hope you agree.
To put that figure into perspective, there are 220 Secondary Ports on both sides of the English Channel and Thames Estuary areas covered by the Wiley Almanac. As part of the continuing development we are now about to provide tide tables for a further 30 Secondary Ports and no doubt that process will continue in the months and years ahead.
The yachtsman is at last presented with a choice:
Either he/she can soldier on with Almanacs which present the time and height differences for 220 Secondary Ports, leaving the inevitable calculations to the reader.
Or he/she can opt for Wiley Nautical Almanac with 138 sets of free tide tables for Secondary Ports.
There simply is no contest; the facts speak for themselves. I am no salesman, just a fellow yachtsman, the same as you.
Enjoy your sailing!
Neville Featherstone
(Your carefree Wiley Nautical Almanac Editor)
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