Not a good day
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. […]
Tag Archives: tsunamiball
Routing Jig for Donut’s Lateral Supports
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 […]
Is it Crazy to Build a 16 Foot Tall Wooden Donut?
Crazy Plans for two 16 foot wooden donuts.
Wired Magazine: This Guy’s Building a Tsunami-Proof Pod in His Silicon Valley Backyard
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 […]
Bloomberg: Inside the Tsunami-Proof Pod Made in Silicon Valley
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. […]
Roughing Out the Second Hatch
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 […]
If A Tsunami Hits California, This Dad Is Ready
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 […]
Yahoo/ABC News: Modern-Day Noah Makes Tsunami-Proof Boat
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 […]
Rock, Not Roll
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 […]
Discovery Channel: Tsunami-Proof Ark Floats Our Boat
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 […]
