On 2008-11-11 07:46:38 -0500, "Roger Long" said:

In view of the difficulties doing anything clearly effective on my
boat, I'm now tending towards your quoted statement. There is a big
element of "fun for it's own sake" in these projects. I enjoy watching
weather and thunderstorms and that enjoyment would be increased by a
lower anxiety level about a strike. However, similar money and effort
spent on similarly interesting projects would probably increase the
overall safety of my boat more than grounding the mast.

Oh, thank you! I nearly had a heart attack before I got to that part.

Lightning's scary. I lived in Clearwater, would spend hours on the
causeway watching the light shows over the lightning capital of the
world (Tampa).

But there are funner things to do since it seems the commercial
products seem to attract strikes.

--
Jere Lull
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