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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.
Since there are more than two full periods, it took more than 12h?! Wow I'm usually dead after 12 min swimming
29 hours and 4 minutes as reported in another thread
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.
And I bet that actively going straight would require extra energy and be slower than getting carried by the current
Correct
Okay but why are the oscillations bigger on the English side than on the French?
She sobered up half way through.
Every day has two tidal flows, one usually being greater than the other. It's science!