"Joe" wrote in message oups.com...
| Well you got to expect to get struck at least once, It's a given with a
| mast on water.
|
| Mysterry & I were in my V berth onch when struck by lighting. I had a
| pair of rabbit ears zipped tied to the forward stay and it blew out the
| TV. You never seen such colors come out of a TV. Nothing else was
| damaged.
|
| To bad the marina gal did not snap a photo. Even the smoke would have
| made a great pictu0)
|
| Joe
|

That reminds me, I had to toss the TV/VCR as the picture tube only showed yellow
at the top, green in the middle, and red along the bottom. . . . I tried to degauss
it but to no avail. I guess the phosphors were wiped out.

One good thing about a steel hull is the faraday cage protection it gives.

CN