We made a 1/6th scale model of a triangle seastead design.
The wooden triangle is 10 feet on a side and made from 2x8 boards.
The 3 pink floats/legs/columns are 8 inches diameter and 4 feet long.

Here is video of the scale model tested in some waves from a tri-pod on shore, so mostly the camera is still:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkQ17pU44Dw


This video has been slowed by the Froude time scaling factor to try to show what it would look like in full scale.

Try to estimate the wave heights in the video and say what 6 times that would be for full scale.
Please try to analyze the experimental results of the video and tell me as much as you can about how the full scale
would move compared to a 50 foot catamaran or 60 foot mono-hull.  See if you can figure
out the accelerations and compare those to accelerations on those boats.


We wanted to put ballast on each corner of the model but our plan did not work out.
So the legs are only about 1/3 in the water and we really wanted them about 2/3 in the water.
Please try to estimate if we had twice the weight and the same waterline area what
the accelerations would have been.   We will soon do another test so we will be able to
tell if you get this right.  :-)