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Thirty-five foot waves are not to be sneered at in any size of boat. On November 9, 1913, a storm on the Great Lakes with 35-ft wave height sank 12 freighters in a single night.<ref>The Detroit News, November 13, 1913, Detroit, MI, USA</ref> The Queen Mary II took a severe pounding from 30-35-ft waves on her maiden voyage in 2004.<ref> CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/12/world/main592773.shtml</ref> On March 3, 2005, the 72-ft sailing yacht, Team Save the Children, competing in the Global Challenge 2004-2005, became airborne when hit by an exceptionally large wave in the [[:SouthernOceanPassages|south Pacific]]. Today, worldwide, about two large ships sink every month; although most are heavily laden freighters and some are poorly maintained.<ref>The Cargo Letter, Countryman & McDaniel, http://www.cargolaw.com/presentations_casualties.html</ref>
Rogue, or freak, waves are another matter. They can arise anywhere in any sea condition, in heights from 50 to 100 ft or more, endangering even the largest ships. <ref>French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, http://www.ifremer.fr/metocean/rogue_waves.htm/</ref> <ref>http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arch/11_23_96/fob2.htm/</ref> <ref>Science News Online, Science News, http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf066/sf066g14.htm/</ref> Until recently they were thought to be rare but most common in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agulhas_Current Agulhas Current] off the Cape of the same name on the southeast coast of South Africa, between Durban and Port St. Johns.<ref>Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_wave/</ref> <ref>SA Sailing Directions Vol 1 page 43, http://www.dynagen.co.za/eugene/freaks.html/</ref> <ref>Freak waves, rogue waves, extreme waves and ocean wave climate, Kristian B. Dysthe, Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Norway, et al, http://www.math.uio.no/~karstent/waves/index_en.html/</ref> <ref>Understanding the Freak Wave, Dr Paul Taylor, Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University, et al, http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ContentLiveArea/Downloads/Adobe%20Portable%20Document%20Format/E-TaylorP.PDF</ref> In early 2016, researchers at MIT said they may have developed a method that would allow ships to have 2-3 minutes of warning before a rogue wave appears.<ref>http://www.popsci.com/now-ships-can-get-advance-warning-monster-rogue-waves</ref> In December 2016 the [http://public.wmo.int/ World Meteorological Organization] officially measured the highest recorded rogue wave.<ref>http://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/19-meter-wave-sets-new-record</ref>
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