Scout wrote:
were you aboard? was it as loud as one might assume? can you still hear??
Scout

Yes we were aboard both time, yes it was loud. More suprising than
anything.

The TV that blew was on the forward bunkrooms forward bulkhead. When
the lightning struck a severe very colorful plasma came about 14" out
the screen, then it just smouldered for a while. The PCB on the TV was
melted .

The second time I was in the wheelhouse looking thru the overhead
hatch and saw the bolt strike the main, no damage or problems at all. I
was waiting and expecting that one, the sky was kinda greenish and
lightning was discharging all around.

Joe


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Nomen Nescio wrote:
Joe wrote:

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)

OK, so... what actually happens when your boat gets nailed? Never had
the pleasure myself.

Redcloud is steel, the current travel thru the hull to the water,
It's the birdcage effect. One time I had a TV antenna attached to the
forward stay and it blew up the TV. I have 2 arc marks attop the main
mast.

The guy who was in the next slip has a P40 that got struck, it melted
all the eletronics and wiring in the boat. 43K in damage.

Joe



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