I'm sure by now that most of you have heard about the ocean liner the Norwegian Dawn being hit by a rogue wave approximatly 70 ft high.
This wave broke windows on decks nine and ten, with deck ten possibly being eight levels above the water line.
I've been thinking about how a megayacht would go if it came up agains one of these waves.
To make it fair I've mainly had Octopus in mind as it strikes me as the most capable, safe and sturdy yacht to date, and it's hight, bulk and draught would give it the best chance possible.
Octopus has about seven levels above the water line, would this wave have gone right over the top of Octopus?
If the wave went over the top, would Octopus have sunk (forgive me if this is a silly question, I'm no crusty sea-dog
)?
Rogue waves are said to be fairly flat on the front, in a constant state of almost breaking.
Ben.