Re: [Paddlewise] wave height

At 07:41 AM 8/28/98 -0400, John Winters wrote:
>Jack wrote;
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>
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>>Okay, I admit it.  I don't know how to measure a wave.   
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>Wave height is the vertical distance from the trough to the crest.
>
>Cheers,
>John Winters
>Redwing Designs
>Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
>http://home.ican.net/~735769/.


Our weather man says the true wave height is from sea level to the top of
the wave and the vertical distance from the trough to the crest is twice
the height. But when are weather men or women right more than 50% of the
time or less?????

Dana

Dana
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