….. Just before 2:00 PM on November 10, Captain Cooper decided to change the Anderson's course slightly to account for the changing direction of the wind, which was starting to blow out of the northwest (see Exhibit 122). This shift in wind direction left the two vessels exposed to large waves caused by the high winds, which were now blowing over open Superior waters rather than land. The Fitzgerald radioed the Anderson that she would stay on her current course, though she was "rolling some.