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BY PETE ROBBINS
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Normally,the tidesgiveth and thetidestaketh away– butsometimes
or generations, river rats on the coasts have
used their knowledge of tidal fluctuations to
benefit their days on the water, crafting milk
runs that enable them to be on their best spots at the best times, and then leapfrogging the “bad” stages by outrunning them. Sometimes, however, it’s all
it’smoreofthe latter
(or nearly all) bad stages.
“You can look at the tide charts all you want, but
thanthe former.
they’re never exact,” said Randall Tharp. “There are so many different things that influence them.” Sometimes
Kurt Dove points out the visible
structure with the lower tide.
Photo credit Kurt Dove
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