The first oceanographer to define a wave as ‘freak’ was Laurence Draper, a man who preferred to do his science on dry land rather than at sea. While his colleagues…
rogue waves
Rogue waves – real-life stories of the destructive power of the sea
Rogue waves have long divided sailors and scientists. Some question their existence, other schools of thought suggest that ‘freak’ waves are actually more common than first thought. But for those…
36ft Zest is hit by a ‘14m’ rogue wave and dismasted off Spain. Skipper’s story
You know when you’ve been hit by a rogue wave. The energy within it is of a different order of magnitude from an inconvenient, but ultimately harmless, wave crest that…
Alex Thomson airlifted to safety as his new Hugo Boss is capsized by a rogue wave
Alex Thomson and his co-skipper, Spanish sailor Guillermo Altadill, were airlifted off the 60ft yacht Hugo Boss yesterday afternoon some 82 miles off the north coast of Spain. They had…
Drama unfolds at Antigua Sailing Week
Squally conditions and rogue waves for the Yachting World Round Antigua race
Rogue waves
Are massive waves that can destroy even the biggest ships a myth or a reality?
‘Rogue wave’ nearly sank yacht
Report into the catastrophic destruction of IMOCA 60 coachroof pinpoints lessons
Sailrocket’s Crash Revealed
Following Sailrocket's second flip Paul Larsen explains what happened and what's next for the team