Rogue Waves --Small Scale Wave Tank Simulation. . .

[Kevrumbo]

"Lego Pirate Cannon Boat" in a wave tank generator/simulator encountering Rogue Waves (looks like a "Three Sisters" grouping --top heavy model vessel finally swamped and capsized on that third one) --Video:
http://prx.aps.org/multimedia/PRX/v2/i1/e011015/e011015_vid1.mov

ANU News » Lego pirate proves, survives, super rogue wave

Probable Rogue Wave, storm conditions caught on video --from Deadliest Catch. . .

Anybody run into to these monsters "real life & surprise out-of-nowhere/out-of-the blue"???

 

[BluewaterSail]

I was on a 50' chartered sailboat off Mallorca a few years back, in fairly benign conditions, when a wave came that knocked the boat over, meaning that the mast was horizontal rather than vertical, and for a number of long seconds, we were under water. Got to practice a man overboard drill for real that day. We had a few minor injuries (broken tooth, scrapes, bruises, banged up knee), fortunatly no major injuries or worse.

The thought that went though my mind was that I survived singlehanding though a hurricane in my 30' sloop in Micronesia without any real injury to myself, but this surprise wave on a larger boat with a full crew caused a number of us injuries. I think that the reason was that we were totally unprepared for it. That's what made it so dangerous.