BLUEMOMENT

What do you think it means?

PS - Forgot to say that if you think "Neither of the above" it would be helpful if you posted to say what you do think it means!

I'm not sure how this fits into the poll, and although I did vote I now can't remember how but FWIW it's an expression I normally avoid using simply because of it's potential for confusion. I would normally say "wind against tide" in describing the resulting unpleasantness, and while it might be considered less "traditional", and does use one more syllable, it is unambiguous.

Wind with tide wind against tide.
The wind is always over the tide as the tide affects the sea whilst the wind affects the air which should hopefully always be on top of of OVER the sea (tide). Except perhaps in Australia.

Taking this highly logical and well structured argument a stage further - if we allow wind over tide, then what happens when the tide turns? Do we than have wind under tide...over being the opposite of under. See Silkie - makes a complete bollox of your poll and my vote goes for Wee Davey

who thinks that wind over tide means that the wind and tide are going the same way. When the tide turns, but the wind doesn't that becomes wind against tide.

Simple really.

It works perfectly for me at any rate.

Donald

That would be fine Donald except that the two words Over and Against are just not compatible
So Wind Over tide
Wind under tide

or

Wind With tide
Wind against tide

Far simpler - or perhaps I'm a bigger idiot than you and therefore need to think in simpler terms.....

Despite the fact that Donald is in a minority of one (so far) I find myself agreeing with Dave that wind over tide is just too confusing and will try to stick with "against" from now on.

You're still wrong though Donald.

That's not what you asked in your poll though. You asked what we thought Wind over tide meant.

I agree that wind against tide is much more meaningful.......

Donald