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Not a good day

Featuredby tsunamiChris 4 Comments

I will start by saying that I am fine. The boat is also good, although I won’t know for sure until I dig around some more and flip her over. […]

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failure
a jig to make a jig

Routing Jig for Donut’s Lateral Supports

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It is one if the watershed facts of woodworking. You need to make a jig to make a jig to make something right. It’s always true and always worth a […]

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Is it Crazy to Build a 16 Foot Tall Wooden Donut?

April 20, 2015by tsunamiChris 5 Comments

Crazy Plans for two 16 foot wooden donuts.

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planning
Photo from Wired Magazine Article

Wired Magazine: This Guy’s Building a Tsunami-Proof Pod in His Silicon Valley Backyard

July 31, 2014by tsunamiChris 2 Comments

Old news for some, but…Chris Robinson has never built a boat or even sailed, and he admits that a tidal wave is unlikely to hit Silicon Valley. But in his […]

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news, Video

Bloomberg: Inside the Tsunami-Proof Pod Made in Silicon Valley

July 31, 2014by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

April 22 (Bloomberg) — Chris Robinson, a startup entrepreneur, has never built a boat before and he admits that a tsunami is unlikely to hit his home in Silicon Valley. […]

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news

Roughing Out the Second Hatch

May 21, 2014by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

The topside hull is now 1 inch thick, so I am cutting out the second hatch. This will let me start hulling in the aft hemisphere. The process was super […]

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hatch

If A Tsunami Hits California, This Dad Is Ready

May 10, 2014by tsunamiChris 1 Comment

By Jess Baker Published: Mar 27, 2014, 1:18 PM EDT weather.com Chris Robinson is building a boat in the backyard of his Palo Alto, Calif. home. This web designer is not much […]

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news, Video

Yahoo/ABC News: Modern-Day Noah Makes Tsunami-Proof Boat

April 4, 2014by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

From his backyard in Palo Alto, Calif., Chris Robinson is building a tsunami-proof capsule out of epoxy and plywood that he hopes will be strong enough to survive a tsunami […]

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news

Rock, Not Roll

March 29, 2014by tsunamiChris 10 Comments

Thank you to everyone who has joined the blog recently. Many of you have made comments about your concern for the ballast and the horizontal stability of the tsunamiball. Here […]

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ballast, design, keel

Discovery Channel: Tsunami-Proof Ark Floats Our Boat

March 14, 2014by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

MAR 14, 2014 02:03 PM ET // BY ALYSSA DANIGELIS Maybe Noah was just preparing for a tsunami with that ark. Designer Chris Robinson has never sailed a boat before, but he’s spent […]

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