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Originally Posted by marinedtcomRob
I'll still take my chances being grounded. At least I have an idea the of the path the lightning will take.
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Have to agree. I know where my
grounding plates are located, I can access the area from the interior quickly and carry pads that can be wedged over the areas in extremis.
Was 15 yards away when a lancer 28 sailboat's mast was struck. Very loud boom! The guy on board didn't remember hearing anything. He was down below washing dishes when the minimal electronics he had shot across the cabin in a fireball. He was shook up, dazed and shaking like a kitten. Other than that, completly unhurt. The boat was ungrounded.
The following day he sailed his trailerboat (the lancer 28) around a short point from the marina to the ramp where he hauled it out. The insurance surveyor took a pencil from his pocket as he noted some wrinked areas amidship below the waterline. He probed the area with the eraser end and the pencil passed straight through the hull. EEK!
Dewey