Thanks for the input though. I wasn't looking to start a flamewar with this
topic, and I had already done my own research and formed my own opinions, I
just wanted to know how some of you interpreted the available evidence.
Scout

OooooozeOne wrote in message
...

Big difference between the mass of a building and a skinny little ally
mast.
Lighting conductors on buildings are thick, wide straps of copper, a
far cry from the cables or strips that boats use.
Can't remember ever seeing a lightning protected yacht that didn't
suffer extensive damage from a direct strike.

For my money..why go looking for it.

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:30:59 GMT, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

The idea is to provide an alternative, low resistance path to ground.
The concept is proven to work well on buildings, why not on sailboats?


OooooozeOne wrote in message
.. .
Yeah, but the results show that if you stick a lightning rod up into a
thunderstorm, it is very likely that you will find lightning.

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:23:24 GMT, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

that was a different experiment!


OooooozeOne wrote in message
.. .
Nah, he was right!
He put a lightning rod up and found lightning.

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:21:02 GMT, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

So you're saying Ben Franklin was wrong?
Scout

OooooozeOne wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:58:14 GMT, "Scout"

scribbled thusly:

How many folks have lightning "proofed" their boat?
Did you make your own modifications or buy a package? What
systems
are
better than others?
Have you ever been hit?
Scout


No such thing as lightning protection, just attraction.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.




Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.




Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.




Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Scout wrote:

snip I wasn't looking to start a flamewar with this
topic,

Goodness me, a virtual pacifist on a.s.asa????

snip
just wanted to know how some of you interpreted the available evidence.

In our time-honoured fashion: hit, and mis-.

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"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
snip I wasn't looking to start a flamewar with this
topic,
Goodness me, a virtual pacifist on a.s.asa????

Welllll, I wasn't looking not to start a flamewar either.

snip
just wanted to know how some of you interpreted the available evidence.
In our time-honoured fashion: hit, and mis-.

For some, this proved to be a mental stress test. Jaxie collapsed on the
treadmill.

Scout

Scout wrote:

For some, this proved to be a mental stress test. Jaxie collapsed on the
treadmill.

Hmmm. An n-ring flea circus. Scout the trickster, Scotty the
roadster, Tadpole the jokester, gonefishing the gangster,
Katysails the songster, Seahag the hipster, Mooron the forester,
Oz the napster and then, sandwiched in the middle, uncured and
smoking, Jax the hamster...
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hehe, that's good stuff!
Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:

For some, this proved to be a mental stress test. Jaxie collapsed on the
treadmill.

Hmmm. An n-ring flea circus. Scout the trickster, Scotty the
roadster, Tadpole the jokester, gonefishing the gangster,
Katysails the songster, Seahag the hipster, Mooron the forester,
Oz the napster and then, sandwiched in the middle, uncured and
smoking, Jax the hamster...
--
Flying Tadpole

-------------------------
Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Go south instead.
http://www.soundclick.com/flyingtdpolemusic.htm