ken_vandeburgt
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His son was staying/ working at a resort there this past week and was told to sail out of the marina to deep water and ride out the tsunami. He and a partner took the catamaran offshore with several other boaters following their lead. When they returned after the all clear, the beach was strewn with dozens of boats that had not fared well when the swell came ashore.
There is a tale from Chile (1960 quake) where the fishermen did that. When the tsunami came the water first drew out leaving the boats stranded on the bottom. Few survived when the water came back... It's a tactic that will only work in deep water.