We are in Frankford until the winds and waves calm down. I am checking how the weather service calculates wave heights. It turns out that it is the square root of an average, but in a practical sense, it means that waves of 2 to 4 feet means there will be waves much higher than 4 feet. For example, when 2 to 4 feet seas are forcasted, then 1 of every 10 waves will be at least 5 feet (about every 2 minutes). And 1 of every 100 will be at least 6 feet (about every 12 minutes). Finally, 1 of every 1000 waves will be at least 8 feet (about 120 minutes). Waves are forcasted up to 8 feet, and that means constantly encountering 9 and 10 foot waves, with an occasional 16 footer to deal with. There are 5 other loopers stuck here in Frankford until the waves and wind lay down. So, we rotate happy hour from 5 to 7pm on our boats, each day on a different boat. Other than that, we are riding bikes and doing boat chores. The pic shows the vessel Edmund Fitzgerald that sank on the great lakes. We now know why!
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