[Alberg30] Faraday's cage lightning protection

[Gordon LACO]

That makes perfect sense to me.

Gord Laco
#426 Surprise



on 8/21/03 4:25 PM, Bill Blevins at billblevins at mac.com wrote:

> 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
> 
> --
> 
> 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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