neap tide - The tide with the least variation in water level, occurring when the moon is one quarter and three quarters full. The lowest high tide and the highest low tide occur at neap tide. The opposite is the spring tide.
neap tide
when the tide range is the least - rising less and dropping less than the other tides during the four week cycle
noon sight ...
Neap tide- The lowest tide in the lunar month. The high tides are lower than mean high, and the low tides are lower than mean low.
Nun- A cone shaped buoy, painted red, that is kept to the right side of a boat.
Neap Tides Minimum range of tide, when the moon is in quadrature.
Neaped Of a grounded ship when the tide does not rise high enough to float her.
neap tide - A tide of lowest range [rise and fall]; usually occurs when the sun and moon are farthest from being in line (quarter and three-quarter moons). See also "Spring Tide." ...
Neap Tides - Weakest tides happening during middle of first and third quarter of the moon versus spring tides at the full and new moon
National Marine Manufacturers Association - NMMA ...
neap tide: a tide of less than average range, occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
See also: spring tide, neap tide [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] ratlines Lines running fore and aft between the shrouds, used as a ladder in going aloft reach All points sailing between running (downwind) and closehauled (upwind).
About 7 days later, at first and last quarter Moon phases, they are at 90° and their gravitational effects partially cancel out causing smaller daily fluctuations called neap tides. The Moon's orbit of the Earth is slightly elliptical and takes 27.
Tides: The tides range from about 2 feet in a neap tide up to 11 feet in a spring tide. The tides can create currents up to 6 knots. In certain areas, the water can be funneled through the islands creating strong currents and eddies.
A situation where a vessel has gone aground at the top of the spring tides and has to wait for up to a fortnight (during which the neap tides occur) for the next tide high enough to float her off.
Spring tides are especially high and come during the new and full moon; they have nothing to do with the season. Neap tides come at the quarter moon.
The tide with the most variation in water level, occurring during new moons and full moons. This is the time of the highest high tide and the lowest low tide. The opposite of a neap tide.
Squall ...
a right angle to the sun, there is a first quarter or third quarter moon. At this time the attractive forces of the sun and moon tend to counteract one another: high tides are lower, and low tides are higher than average. These are called neap tides.
The opposite of a neap tide.
SQUALL: A sudden, violent wind often accompanied by rain.
STANCHION: Stainless steel or bronze rod providing support for the guardrails at the deck edge.
STANDING PART: That part of a line which is made fast.
 See also: Point, Course, Sailing, Feet, Starboard
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