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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't think the bow strip would make the perfect
lightning ground by any means (IMHO). Maybe if you reworked the connection of
this strip to the stemhead and insured a good clean electrical connection to the
forestay AND did something to radically increase the size of the surface of the
strip in the water., then maybe. I'm no expert in this field but my feeling is
that if you took a hit and the current traveled down this strip, it would
probably blow the strip off the boat. The best looking removable
protection I've seen on the web is at: <A
href="http://www.strikeshield.com/product.html">http://www.strikeshield.com/product.html</A> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't mean to endorse their product, I just like
the looks of it. If nothing else, they have some good reading on the
topic.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian #497</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=salty@ns.sympatico.ca href="mailto:salty@ns.sympatico.ca">George
& Kathy White</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=public-list@alberg30.org
href="mailto:public-list@alberg30.org">Alberg30 Mail</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Alberg30] Lightning
protection</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>A posting to this mail group in 1999 suggested all
Alberg 30's are lightning grounded by virtue of the stainless strip running
from the stemhead down to about 3 feet below the waterline. It connects
to the forestay and thereby providing a grounding from the masthead to the
water.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Any comments as to whether this should be sufficient and
what alternatives there might be.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>George and Kathy White</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Close Harmony # 637</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>email: <A
href="mailto:salty@ns.sympatico.ca">salty@ns.sympatico.ca</A><BR>Telephone:
902 893 1080</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>