"Sal's Dad" wrote

I was thinking along the lines of the "cone of protection" approach:
or a Faraday Cage created from the framework of a bimini or dodger.

Exactly. I don't know if the accusation of trying to get you killed was
directed at me but the boathook originally referred to, doesn't produce much
of a cone unless it is an unusually long one. Headstays, backstays, and
shrouds outght to produce something of a Faraday Cage effect on a metal
boat.

--
Roger Long