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On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:25:21 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:58:04 -0500, wrote:

The best thing you can do for lightning protection on a sailboat is
anchor near other boats with taller masts than yours, and THAT is also
foolishness and completely useless. It's only benefit is a little
humor.

Depends on the size of the boat, but hiding under a steel bridge might
work. I once hid my truck from golf ball size hail, under a bridge.
Talk about a piece of luck. I had stopped because the rain was too
heavy to see the road

The best thing for lightning is probably a metal mast bonded to a
metal hull. Guys used to go out in wood boats with wood oars for
power, and the target of choice would be a head. Smart targets would
lie down.

Casady

These days, it's not such a good idea to stop a boat under a bridge.
Homeland Security takes a very dim view of that.