Leaving tonight for Dover on Euroline bus and ferry for a few days of acclimatizing before my tide Sept. 5 – 11. Sananda, my helperfrom Vienna, is only arriving on the 5th, hopefully there will be a more stable weather period for a change, the last neap tides (Aug 21-27) were basically wiped out again. My second helper just dropped out for family reasons – I still hope there will be a replacement, ideally with good “sea-legs” (not getting seasick on a boat).
My boat is Anastasia English Channel boat again with great pilot Eddie Spelling and his crew.
You can follow the tracker (once you know it is us) here: https://cspf.co.uk/tracking. Just click the box behind “Anastasia” – the orange boat.
Eddie usually updates his twitter account (it is open, you do not need to sign in): https://twitter.com/anastasiaswim
And here are links to the weather forcasts and tides:
Weather, wind and temps forecast: https://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/forecast
(move the cursor over an arrow and you see the forecast for that spot – the conditions change within very short distances)
Surface Pressure Chart: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/surface-pressure/#?tab=surfacePressureColour&fcTime=1435186800 (you want no lines or anything over the Channel!)
Dover Tides: https://www.tidetimes.org.uk/dover-tide-times (neap tide is 6 m or less) – swims usually start one or two hours before high tide – but you never know!
Sandette Lightship data (mid-Channel): https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=62304