What would happen if?

Thanks for taking the time to read this,

I'm wanting to get into passagemaking and of course the ultimate question arises.....
If I'm in a 5o' Nordhaven, Krogen, or any other reliable trawler style boat what are my chances of survivability if I encounter a wave or waves such as this described below. Not having piloted full displacement or boats like that, I am wondering what the answer to this question is.

Thanks,


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Giant Rogue Wave Slams Into Ship Off French Coast, Killing 2
Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Two cruise-ship passengers have been killed after a 26-foot wave smashed into the ship off the coast of France.

A Greek coast guard statement says another six people suffered minor injuries on board the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty.

It says the accident occurred near the French Mediterranean port of Marseilles, as the ship was sailing from Barcelona to Genoa in Italy with 1,350 passengers and 580 crew.

The victims have been identified only as a German and an Italian man.

Louis Cruise Lines spokesman Michael Maratheftis said the ship was hit by three "abnormally high" waves up to 26ft high that broke glass windshields in the forward section.