"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Very well put Doug!!

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Bill
Chesapeake, Va

I live in Florida. In the Summer months, we do all of our boating
early
in
the day, and try to get off of the water before the afternoon
thunderstorms
roll in around 2 pm. I'm in the process of breaking in a new motor.
I
have
19.4 hours on it since a week from last Friday. I worked Monday
through
Thursday this past week...which means I've had 5 days to put those
hours
on
the engine. I didn't go last Saturday, but did go the other 4 days.
I
take
my young kids with me, which means I'm seldom out the door before
9am.
So
in 4 days, I averaged about 5 hours of boating per day...from 9am
until
2pm
each day.

The reason I don't talk about boating on the internet, is because
when
I'm
in the mood for boating, I go boating...rather than just talking
about
it.




I'd like to do the same, but almost-daily, unpredictable visits from
the
lightning vendor have made boating a major pain in the ass around here
this
summer.


This has been one of the worst summers that I can remember for
electrical
storms. Usually, you can count on them to hit in early to
mid-afternoon.
Lately, they're popping up at all hours of the day. I went out about
8:30am
today. Seas were 4-6, tightly spaced, and white-capping. I got out
about
5
miles, fished for an hour, and by 11am, a storm had chased me in.



In my case, "chased in" could be dicey. My 14' yacht will get me through
anything, but sometimes slowly. But, the worst part is what happens at the
launch ramp.

A lady just got killed down on the East coast of Florida a week ago. The
boat ramp had a long back-up as a storm was bearing down on everybody. The
lady who was killed pulled up on a nearby island to wait for the ramp to
clear, and a tree she was sitting by got hit by lightning.