A seamanship term for a ship or boat at anchor whose heading is set by the current, as opposed to wind-rode, when wind controls the heading. Deep-keeled vessels tend to lie tide-rode while light, high-sided ones lie to the wind, so neighbours in an anchorage can point in different directions and swing into each other at the turn of the tide.
We're tide-rode and the yacht ahead is wind-rode, give her more room before the ebb starts.
Also heard as
- tiderode
Related terms
Turn of the tide
The moment the tide changes from rising to falling or the current from flood to ebb, or the reverse.
Slack water
The short lull when a reversing current almost stops while it swaps between flood and ebb.
Tidal current
The horizontal flow of water that accompanies the rise and fall of the tide.
Foul tide
A tidal current running against a vessel's intended direction, slowing its progress over the ground.