tide clock
 

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

tide clock
 

"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message
...
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.

tide clock
 

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
...
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.

tide clock
 

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
...
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.

tide clock
 

All that they have to do is to change the gearing such that it has a 12
hr 25 min period rather than 12 hours.

-- Geoff

Jeff wrote in
:

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
...
"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message
...
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.

tide clock
 

"Shaun Van Poecke" wrote in message
...
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


Like someone else said... lunar clock runs on a slightly different cycle.
When I retired from work, the executive of the local union I served on
presented me with a nice tide clock from the Downeaster people.
http://www.downeaster.com/content/tides.aspx
Mine would be similar to the Medallion series but mounted in a nice base.

tide clock
 

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



No, just that its timing crystal is a different frequency, which makes it
run on the lunar cycle, not the solar cycle.

http://www.klockit.com/products/prod...sku=BBBHH&tab=
$10 (movement only) or $11.35 with nice dial and hands.

I buy movements for quartz and grandfather clocks from Klockit.com all
the time.....BUT, they DO sell your information to the rest of the planet
so be prepared to be mailspammed to death by the craziest places, even if
you tell 'em not to. You're forewarned. I let them do business with my
home address, which is the junk mail box, and have a PO Box for regular
business.

When I get bored with the clocks I restore....or more often run out of
wall space (c;....I give them away to friends and customers as gifts. I
have fun repairing old electrically-would balance wheel wall clocks noone
wants to fool with. I can hear 8 ticking away as I type this...(c;
There's also a tiny hum coming out of an old Sunbeam tuning fork
clock...no, wait...that's coming from the Accutron tuning fork wrist
watch on my wrist, today...thrift shop - $2.99 as-is...(c;

Get a nice movement with the nice dial. Put it in an old clock case. My
tide clock was one of those porthole brass mirrors someone gave me. The
clock face was a little smaller than the porthole, so I had a glass shop
put the hole in the middle of the mirror for the clock shaft and left
mirror showing all the way around the clock dial. Looks very nautical
with its porthole dogs that open so I can replace the AA battery and
reset it when the tides drift away from the clock setting.

It's really noisy here every hour and moderately noisy every 15 minutes
with all the bells/gongs/electronic chimes going off simultaneously....
(c; I'm currently regulating a "German Time Bomb", as the clockmakers
call it:
http://goto.glocalnet.net/matebia/Ma.../german-tb.htm
The local clockmaker said he wouldn't dare wind it!....adding some thrill
to owning it...(c;

Larry
--
Vista has been out a week.
Is Service Pack 1 ready yet?

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Tide Clock $11.35 (US)
Movement only $9.99
http://www.klockit.com/products/prod...?sku=BBBHH&tab

Google is your friend...

Sal's Dad


All that they have to do is to change the gearing such that it has a 12
hr 25 min period rather than 12 hours.


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?

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.

tide clock
 

On Feb 19, 2:31 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:
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.
Shaun

Hello Everyone:
Please help me with this. I have a difficult time understanding
complex concepts..................
Why do people use/have/need/require/want a "tide clock?"
Bewilderd Bob

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On Feb 19, 2:31 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:
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.
Shaun

Hello Everyone:
Please help me with this. I have a difficult time understanding
complex concepts..................
Why do people use/have/need/require/want a "tide clock?"
Bewilderd Bob


Because they look so "nautical"

tide clock
 

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On Feb 19, 2:31 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:
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.
Shaun

Hello Everyone:
Please help me with this. I have a difficult time understanding
complex concepts..................
Why do people use/have/need/require/want a "tide clock?"
Bewilderd Bob

Saves checking the daily paper for high/low tide...or buying those yearly
booklets..

tide clock
 

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"Bob" wrote in message
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On Feb 19, 2:31 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:
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.
Shaun

Hello Everyone:
Please help me with this. I have a difficult time understanding
complex concepts..................
Why do people use/have/need/require/want a "tide clock?"
Bewilderd Bob

Saves checking the daily paper for high/low tide...or buying those yearly
booklets..




But does it tell you how high or how low the tide will be? Not likely if
it's analog.

tide clock
 

I bought one in Auckland N.Z. 12 years ago and it works great in most
places. As Larry says, it runs to a different daily period. It is
great to just glance at it to see the tides when at anchor without
running a programme or checking tables

Peter, Herodotus

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:31:46 GMT, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:

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

tide clock
 

"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
et...

"Don White" wrote in message
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"Bob" wrote in message
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On Feb 19, 2:31 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:
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.
Shaun

Hello Everyone:
Please help me with this. I have a difficult time understanding
complex concepts..................
Why do people use/have/need/require/want a "tide clock?"
Bewilderd Bob

Saves checking the daily paper for high/low tide...or buying those yearly
booklets..




But does it tell you how high or how low the tide will be? Not likely if
it's analog.

Along the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia, the tide is only around 4 or 5
feet.
I like it to keep track of the best time to launch from shallow ramps.
http://www.lau.chs-shc.gc.ca/cgi-bin...n=5&stnnum=490

tide clock
 

Please help me with this. I have a difficult time understanding
complex concepts..................
Why do people use/have/need/require/want a "tide clock?"

The only place I really NEED a tide clock is in the car ... On the water
it's pretty obvious.

It might depend on where you are. With tides that are a predictable 10'+,
misjudging can be inconvenient.

tide clock
 

* Sal's Dad wrote, On 2/24/2007 11:31 AM:
Please help me with this. I have a difficult time understanding
complex concepts..................
Why do people use/have/need/require/want a "tide clock?"

The only place I really NEED a tide clock is in the car ... On the water
it's pretty obvious.

It might depend on where you are. With tides that are a predictable 10'+,
misjudging can be inconvenient.

I live in Boston with a 10 foot tide and find that I'm less concerned
with knowing the exact time and height as I became less concerned with
cutting corners. Nowadays I'm more interested in the current. (Of
course, in Boston the tides are synchronized with the tides, but this
is not the case everywhere.)

A tide clock is not very useful for travelers because the time of the
tides varies, and often in non-intuitive ways. And people who spend
their time on the water will generally know the approximate state of
the tide, and will use tables if precise knowledge is required.
However, the person who works in the marina office but never sees the
water will find it useful.

And it looks real salty.

tide clock
 

On Feb 19, 2:31 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:

I saw a tide clock on ebay today,

So let me see:
1) the clock does not tell you the level of the tide. For example
Low -1.9 or High +11.4
2) only good for the place where you set it.
3) so if i sail to another port I need to reset the clock.
3) I'll need a tide table to set it. Do I need to fall back and spring
forward?
4) Uhh, why do I need a clock if I have a tide table to keep the clock
accurate?
5) Oh ya.. They look cool. I guess its worth 70 OZ Dollars to increase
the cool factor on one's boat.

bob

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On Feb 19, 2:31 am, "Shaun Van Poecke"
wrote:

I saw a tide clock on ebay today,

So let me see:
1) the clock does not tell you the level of the tide. For example
Low -1.9 or High +11.4
2) only good for the place where you set it.
3) so if i sail to another port I need to reset the clock.
3) I'll need a tide table to set it. Do I need to fall back and spring
forward?
4) Uhh, why do I need a clock if I have a tide table to keep the clock
accurate?
5) Oh ya.. They look cool. I guess its worth 70 OZ Dollars to increase
the cool factor on one's boat.

bob


Or home.
I have mine mounted in my front hallway. I can check it as I leave the
house.