If your keel is lead and not encapsulated in fiberglass, you could sink a copper bolt into it and then put a copper plate on the bottom of it... and the keel would act as a conductor to the grounding plate.
Then again, this might even work for an encapsulated lead keel, provided the lead is one giant chunk, and not lead shot or something like that.
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Originally Posted by Stillraining
Advice by some people with a hole lot more experience them I.
I'm taking it all in !!
Now for my individual case please refer to post # 10 for pictures.
1) I have sofar gathered not to try and redirect the strike horizonally to my existing bonding plate. Ok I got that
2) My fuel tanks straddle the mast step ( Built in fiberglass at construction ) and my keel bolts are SS a very poor conductor Im finding out here.
3) There is no room for any new hull penitrations due to fuel tanks and keel. ( unless drilled all the way thru keel ..yikes!!
4) Lightning current will flow to the bottom of the mast possibally causing severe side flashes befor returnning up mast to posibally disipate thru another mast conected channel. ie..shroud or mast deck to water connection.
Im stuck on what to do on this one guys ?
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