Okay nautical brain trust, where has my ocean gone? Specifically the Sargasso Sea.
For the last month it seems it is always low tide and the place is starting to look more like the Maine coast than pinky beach Bermuda. You want rocks? -- we got rocks -- rocks where we've never seen 'em before. The ferries are having a hard time unloading at the docks, our well ran dry because the salty stuff is no longer there to support the fresh water lens, and somebody just got a building permit for a sandbar in Mangrove Bay! (sorry, I got carried away ). Some of the old salts down at the boat club say they've never seen it this low.
All we get is some lame explanation in the local rag: Yacht Runs Aground as Island Experiences Lower than Usual Tides
http://www.royalgazette.com/rg/Article/ ... ctionId=60
Local rumor has it that BP poked a hole in the Queen's Bottom, but the math on that one just doesn't add up!
As Ricky Ricardo says: "'splain dis one to me Lucy?"
Where has my ocean gone?
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Where has my ocean gone?
Ron Campbell, Sandys Bermuda
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ya learn something new every day....
Hmmm....I didn't know that cold eddies circling an island could lower the water levels there. But I guess it makes sense. Ya learn something new everyday.
Cathy
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Rahway, NJ
Raritan Bay
PS: My husband and I have sailed in and out of Bermuda through town cut at St. Georges 6 times (3 times in, 3 out), always on someone else's sailboat. We stay well away from those reefs.
Cathy
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Rahway, NJ
Raritan Bay
PS: My husband and I have sailed in and out of Bermuda through town cut at St. Georges 6 times (3 times in, 3 out), always on someone else's sailboat. We stay well away from those reefs.
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Plate Techtonics? High Barometer?
Ron:
Lake Superior is down 12 inches from its historical average and down 6 inches compared to last year. Every year it is different and the lake is so big that it is affected by something called a "Seiche". This is an interesting phenomenon where the lake level will rise or fall several inches to a foot or more all in the course of fifteen minutes or less. This is due to air pressure pushing down on the lake surface at one end the lake and the water goes up at the other end. In our little marina, which is in a shallow bay, the Seiche is very apparent and must be taken into consideration when departing or docking as the flowing water can produce a pretty strong current as it moves in or out. This is unpredictable and can reverse between the time you take off your lines and the time you shift her into gear. At other times the lake can stay stable for hours or days at a time.
Could your lack of ocean be explained with increased air pressure? After all, the oceans are supposed to be rising due to global warming.
Or maybe, your islands are rising due to volcanic activity. Good thing you have a trailerable boat and that boat is a Cape Dory.
Sail on
John Danicic
CD36 - Mariah- #124
Lake Superior- The Apostle Islands
Lake Superior is down 12 inches from its historical average and down 6 inches compared to last year. Every year it is different and the lake is so big that it is affected by something called a "Seiche". This is an interesting phenomenon where the lake level will rise or fall several inches to a foot or more all in the course of fifteen minutes or less. This is due to air pressure pushing down on the lake surface at one end the lake and the water goes up at the other end. In our little marina, which is in a shallow bay, the Seiche is very apparent and must be taken into consideration when departing or docking as the flowing water can produce a pretty strong current as it moves in or out. This is unpredictable and can reverse between the time you take off your lines and the time you shift her into gear. At other times the lake can stay stable for hours or days at a time.
Could your lack of ocean be explained with increased air pressure? After all, the oceans are supposed to be rising due to global warming.
Or maybe, your islands are rising due to volcanic activity. Good thing you have a trailerable boat and that boat is a Cape Dory.
Sail on
John Danicic
CD36 - Mariah- #124
Lake Superior- The Apostle Islands