tsunami

Here is a video of a surge in the Santa Cruz upper harbor, pretty amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDnlcbRMaQ I got a message from someone that lives on the west coast of Okinawa, he said Santa Cruz got more effect from the tsunami than they did there!

This information might just come in handy someday so I have to ask. Tsunamis in the middle of an ocean are harmless to a boat. They only become dangerous as reach the shallower water near the shore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami#Characteristics But from a boater's perspective the...

Tsunami effects on Cat Harbor Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRkFCw_--zM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilcfGVvQztM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyTNgci8mLE :scared:

The advisories say it probably will not be noticeable but that is the calculated time. Will probably seem like a <2' thirty-minute tide. -Sven

http://www.sail-world.com/Cruising/Gripping-sailors-tale-of-the-Samoa-Tsunami---and-the-lessons/61866 This quite a thrilling first hand report. LB

Last week I e-mailed George Foose, who has an Ericson 38 in Phuket, Thailand, to see how he and his boat (Free Wind) fared. Here is his reply: