And I bet that actively going straight would require extra energy and be slower than getting carried by the current
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AlexLost@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They probably did swim “straight” but it took them a really long time and this was the tidal flow during her swim, ergo they went straight but the water they were in moved back and forth.
Tomassci@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Correct
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Okay but why are the oscillations bigger on the English side than on the French?
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
She sobered up half way through.
AlexLost@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Every day has two tidal flows, one usually being greater than the other. It’s science!
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Since there are more than two full periods, it took more than 12h?! Wow I’m usually dead after 12 min swimming
sukhmel@programming.dev 6 days ago
29 hours and 4 minutes as reported in another thread
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Ah right, I mixed it up. Had in my head that full tidal period is 6h, but that’s the time for one half. So something over 24h makes a lot of sense.