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DaveR
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Response Posted - 07/23/2007 :  09:33:04  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Really excellent discussion guys. I learned a lot. I personally <b>will not</b> ground my boat, <b>will</b> keep a device on board that allows me to view my local radar, <b>will</b> pay close attention to the forecast and lastly will play it safe and leave myself plenty of time to get to the dock before all hell breaks loose!
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/23/2007 :  10:03:15  Show Profile
A couple of weeks ago, I was 5 or 6 miles out in open water when off in the distance towards my marina a huge, ominous black cloud appeared. I changed course and headed back to the marina all the while looking for any flashes off in the distance. Everything looked good and I was thinking the most I'd see was wind and rain, but as I got to within a mile or so from the marina, I saw the first lightning flash!

I immediately dropped the main since I'd rather not loiter around the mast and boom with the potential for lightning lurking about and then sat as far forward as possible in the cockpit hoping that if hit, my rigging would provide me with some Faraday cage-like protection.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 07/23/2007 :  18:53:35  Show Profile
I was just reading over on the Trailer Sailors site about Brian's NC. trip. On the trip his Precision 23 was struck by lightning which fried his 12V system.

[url="http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/tsbbcomp/trailersailor/index.cgi/read/585085"]Here's the thread[/url] (the lightning part of the story is a little over 1/2 down)he goes into the damage he found in another thread under the same subject.
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