knots. Trying to get the maximum distance from the weather system, we
did not stop to do a station, but occupied ourselves with lectures and going over the analysis of data collected the day before. On 7th we had sustained winds up to 45 knots with gusts to 55.
Waves breaking over the bow sent spray
up to the bridge. The quarter deck and
the aft of the ship was mostly covered with water.
Waves looked like walls of water when they crashed over the side of the ship.