I am under the impression that most boats are tsunami-prof as long as they are out at sea since, at sea, tsunamis basically just manifest themselves as very large swells.
This looks pretty neat though regardless. Wooden boat building is very cool.
This looks pretty neat though regardless. Wooden boat building is very cool.
"After the Japanese tsunami in March of 2010 I started to wonder how a family might survive such a brutal and sudden event. The project started as a series of creative conversations and sketches with friends about possible ways to escape a tsunami with your family in tact."
I'm taking this to be for a family that isn't already at sea but can, on short notice, crawl into the emergency floating-ball escape pod for safety.
But it looks like the maker has given this thing a lot of thought, so there's probably something I am missing.
A tsunami at sea is fairly harmless compared to rough weather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPBaqh3dcVM
However, upon hitting land, the wave gets shorter and taller: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Propagation_du_tsunami_en_...
So that's where things get troublesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC8wuj31MWs
A Tsunami has tons of energy, but it only really gets 'big' on the surface when that energy is constrained by the depth of the sea floor. That's why if you're on a boat and get a tsunami warning, it's better to head out to sea.
When the bow is pointed into the wave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVRx7iWE0VM at about 1:38)