Flood tide and ebb tide, late dawns and early nights—these will occur whether the closing time is 36, 42, or 48 hours.
The behaviour occurred only with an ebb tide.
At ebb tide, water pressure decreases and water, moved by gravity, flows down.
A pronounced tidal asymmetry with an ebb tide lasting twice as long as the flood tide is characteristic of the area.
Progress southwards was complicated by silt in the water that impeded rowing, the ebb tide in the river, and the misty weather.
What is to happen at the ebb tide to those who came in at the flood?
I contend that there are opportunities for reversing the flow and encouraging the ebb tide.
The strong northerly wind had built up the raging sea so much that it completely discounted the ebb tide.
