Nutsy,

I'm really not sure that its luck.

Far be it for me to act as an expert on lightening but I've made the
same observation. Not sure that the amount of mast disperses the charge,
where as a single mast sticking up draws the charge. Who knows? Not me.

I've seen the same thing happen when I was in a Raft-up and the boat
coming to join us was the one hit

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