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Of course it is. Why is this such a hard thing to believe?

Shaun Van Poecke wrote:
you think the clock really is a special clock that works on the lunar cycle?

Shaun

"Rick" wrote in message
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"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message
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I saw a tide clock on ebay today, had a single hand with a 'high' at the
top, a 'low' at the bottom and that was pretty much it. All this for the
bargan price of AU$70.

It occured to me that all it was, is a standard analogue clock with the
second and minute hand removed. open tha face and glue on a bit of
paper, right high at 12 and low at 6 and you have your very own homebuilt
version. set it to high or low when you know the tide is there and you'll
always have the tide at a glance. a lot cheaper than the rip curl tide
master watch i bought a few years ago and lost somewhere in asia

Shaun

tides are based on a lunar cycle; not on the solar cycle.