"Gonna take you higher!" -Sly Stone
Friday's high tide is going to be very high. Here comes the proxigean tide! The moon is going to be exceptionally close to the earth (like 220K miles...about as many miles as Andy Brandt puts on his van in a year) and with the corresponding full moon, La Luna's gravity is going to tweak the tides to the max. At least that's what they tell me.
"The Proxigean Tide occurs when the Moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the Earth and in its New or Full Moon phase."
-from astronomycafe.net
After this Friday's proxigean tide, the next one won't arrive until January of 2010.
I learned about this in a post from Bonnie, Queen of the Kayak Bloggers.
Damn you. I was going to include you on my Top Ten Sailing Blogs of 2008 list. But now I can't decided which category to put you in...
Should it be 'Best Sailing Blog with a Post about Projectile Vomit' or 'Best Sailing Blog to Use "Proxigean" in Appropriate Context'?
Posted by: tillerman | December 11, 2008 at 09:53 AM
Well, m'Lord T, may I humbly point out that both "Proxigean" and "Projectile" are "P" words...that you should find yourself considering two P posts on P-P-.com must be worth something (a pot you can PP in?)
Posted by: Michael | December 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM
I would like to nominate myself for the "Best Use Of Bad Poetry By A Blogger Who Used To Sail Occasionally But Had Her Summer Eaten By Her Job", please.
Posted by: bonnie | December 11, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Hey there,
For those interested in more news on the phenomenon that Michael is reporting check out this link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7779294.stm
Hats off to you Michael for out reporting the BBC.
Posted by: [email protected] | December 12, 2008 at 03:07 PM