It would save quite a few ocean going ships if this was more appreciated. Those once-in-a-thousand-year-rogue-waves are much more frequent than once in a thousand years.
But we're still designing ships as though they only happen once every thousand years because the cargo and the ship are insured and the crews are considered expendable.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/jul/26/uknews
But we're still designing ships as though they only happen once every thousand years because the cargo and the ship are insured and the crews are considered expendable.