[Alberg30] Faraday's cage lightning protection

[Bill Blevins]

Boat US claims that it's more likely that sailors will hit a power line than
be struck by a bolt of lightning while on board.

Though they want sailboats to be grounded for lightning protection, they
would rather them NOT be grounded when hitting live power lines.

(They don't "deduct" for non-grounding when quoting you for insurance.)

Bill Blevins
Sabrina #158
http://mysailingphotos.com

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On 8/21/03 3:35 PM, "Gordon LACO" <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Hello again - 
> 
> I did not mean to send my last email... my finger slipped.
> 
> What I wanted to say was that I have done a pile of studying on lightning
> and was horrified to discover that you can find supporting evidence for
> nearly every conflicting defense strategy you can think of.  So what works?
> 
> Cruising World Mag. did a story this season addressing that very issue
> (Bless 'em)  Their conclusion was as follows...
> 
> 1) Grounding your boat makes it more likely to be struck - but less likely
> to be damaged.
> 
> 2) Not grounding your boat makes it less likely to be struck - but if it is
> struck damage is likely to be worse.
> 
> So what to do?
> 
> The author of the article said for his boat he would not ground.
> 
> Me, I jus' dunno.
> 
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