On Nov 12, 7:57*pm, Jere Lull wrote:
My evidence is anecdotal only, primary one was one boat getting a
bottle brush installed by the factory team.

Lightning rods don't attract lightning. Lightnng will strike
because electrical charges must be connected from the cloud to ground.
Something will attract or will prevent lightning is often myth because
many know only from observation rahter than first learn the basic
technology. Observation without fundamental knonwledge is also called
junk science reasoning.

Required is little to connect ligthning harmlessly to earth. Ben
Franklin demonstrated the concept in 1752 to halt damage to churches.
The term 'little' is subjective. But if one does not first learn the
basics, then 'little' becomes 'massive'.

A U of FL article cited by Roger Long provides fundamental
information. Lightning may even strike a valley rather than nearby
hills. Why? Where are those charges that lightning must connect to?
Using only observation, then clearly lightning seeks the lowest
point. First learn the science to understand why lightning strikes a
valley or a nearby mountain, or why the best place to strike was that
one boat.

The anecdotal evidence is flawed because its conclusoin is based on
an observation without comprehensive study of what connected to that
boat, the content of soil beneath that boat, where the boat was
located in relation to earthed charges, etc.