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Sailaway - Questionnaire - Tides and currents

  Tides and currents  
 
  Today it is January 12 and we're in Dunkerque harbour. What will be the depth at 0430H ?  
 
  4,57m
  4,68m
  3,35m
  5,13m
 

  A tide with coefficient 95 is  
 
  a spring tide
  high water
  mean neaps
 

  On what kind of tide are the soundings of a navigational chart based ?  
 
  High Water Spring
  Low Water Spring
  On a mean tide (coef. 70)
  Low Water Neaps
 

  The times of the tides are always  
 
  specified on the tide tables
  local time
  always indicated in GMT
 

  What kind of tides do we have on May 12 2001 ?  
 
  Neaps
  Spring
  Mean tide
 

  What kind of tides do we have on Feb. 9 2001 ?  
 
 
 

  At what time is the first HW of Dunkerque on March 3 2001 ?  
 
  0003H
  0530H
 

  What would the water height be on a spot in Dunkerque harbour where the indicated sounding is 1m - underligned - on May 7th at 1335H ?  
 
  7,0m
  5,0m
  6,0m
  4,80m
 

  My sailing vessel has a draught of 2,0m and I need to pass an area where the sounding indicated in Gravelines is 0,3m, underligned. Today it is May 25, 2001 and it is 1100H.  
 
  I have to wait until 1130H.
  I have to wait until 1230H.
  I go over it without problem.
 

  What is the direction of the current on Jan 2 2001 at 0900H in front of Oostende Harbour ?  
 
  61°
  074°