TSUNAMI LESSONS

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE GLOBAL TSUNAMI - HOW TO SURVIVE

In spite of the Global Tsunami, Exit Only had a great Thailand adventure, and we came through almost without a scratch.

And if surviving a massive tsunami was not enough, before we left Thailand, we found Exit Only at the end of a rainbow.

Here are ten of the most important tsunami survival lessons we learned.

1. When you are anchoring in Tsunami Land, anchor in deeper water. Avoid the temptation to anchor close to shore.

Even if you have a shallow draft yacht, it's safer in deeper water. You will exponentially increase your chances of survival if a tsunami should happen.

2. If you are anchored in a bay during an earthquake, immediately raise your anchor and head out to sea.


3. If a tsunami warning sounds, raise your anchor and head out into deep water.

4. If you are on shore or on a dock, and the water level starts to rapidly fall in the harbor drawing away from the beach, immediately run for higher ground.

A tsunami wave will soon be heading your way, and if you can get to higher ground, you may survive.

5. If a massive earthquake happens even a thousand miles away, take tsunami warnings seriously.

More than 100,000 people died from the tsunami in Sri Lanka. The massive loss of life was preventable to a great extent.

There was plenty of time for them to evacuate the waterfront if they had a tsunami warning system in place.

6. When motoring through tsunami debris, watch the temperature gage on your engine, and make sure cooling water is flowing out of your exhaust.

Tsunami debris can easily clog and block the flow of cooling water through your engine.


7. When sailing through massive tsunami debris, (giant logs south of Sri Lanka) stop your boat and heave to at night.

You cannot afford to collide with a giant log in the dark.

One steel yacht sailed on through the night off Sri Lanka and struck a log in the dark. He sailed over the log without sustaining hull damage, but his wind vane self-steering was severely damaged when it struck the log.

Sailing over logs in the dark is dangerous. It's a good way to hole a yacht, bend and break rudders, and destroy wind vane self-steering.

8. When sailing through tsunami debris, it's a good idea to have a person on the bow scanning the water for partially submerged tsunami debris.

9. Anything that you can do to protect your bow from tsunami debris is a good idea.

We lashed oars on the bows of Exit Only to distribute the forces in the event of an impact with tsunami debris.

10. The odds you will ever encounter a life threatening tsunami are relatively low. Fortunately, a few simple precautions greatly increase the odds of survival.

Common sense and prudent behavior get you through most of the challenges you face as you sail on the ocean of your dreams.

Captain Dave


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