I've had RedCloud 9 yrs and have been struck twice. It's nice to have a
neighbor now with a mast 3 ft higher :0)

Joe



Capt. JG wrote:
How high is it? Also, I don't live/sail in Florida.

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Capt. JG wrote:
I've also always been a bit concerned, but I think strikes are fairly
rare.
I've been sailing during lightning (not by choice, we were trying to get
back), and it was landing all around us, but nothing hit. That was on
Lake
Tahoe.

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Well its been raing and lightning all weekend, and is suppose to thru
the 4th.
Had a ladie and 13 YO girl at the beach strunk yesterday.

Kinda makes me skiddish sailing the Dink hearing the thunder all
around.

Don't know how anyone could stand living on a plastic sailboat with a
metal mast, you're just asking for trouble. Same with cruising boats.

Joe


I once did a calculation about the probability of a boat being hit here
in Florida nad was shocked to see how high it was. Further checking
with stats on the net showed my calc was close to being accurate. I
forget the numbers though. However, the point is that anybody who
doesnt take lightning seriously is foolish. A lone boat on a huge
ground plane with a sharp conductor sticking up is lightning bait.