Lee Travino, the golfer, has been struck by lightning twice. According to a
story I read a couple of years back, when a storm reached the course while
he was preparing to swing, he went back to his bag, grabbed a club, and
stood on the grass holding the iron into the air. One of the other golfers
exhorted him to run for cover, but Lee replied,

"Hell, not even god can hit a 1 iron."

Perhaps these should be standard kayaking equipment.

Rick


"Michael Daly" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
On 28-Jul-2003, "David J. Van den Branden" wrote:

If you are far from shore and cannot make it to shelter, the best thing
to
do is to get the group all rafted together for additional stability.
Stow
your paddles and undo your spray skirts. Hunker down as low as you can
in
your cockpit with your head firmly between your legs. Now kiss your ass
goodbye.

Alternatively, you can look at sailboats, with tall aluminum masts that
are
grounded to the keel, and remember that they rarely get struck by
lightning
even though they spend a great deal of the time on water (under sail or in
harbour). Since they are not at serious risk, neither are you in a kayak.

Don't take storms lightly, but don't get overly paranoid.

Mike