On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:24:33 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:17:20 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Gordon" wrote in message
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Interesting. Perhaps carrying a hand-held depth sounder isn't a bad idea.
They're pretty cheap.

After reading about the impossibility of protecting wired gear from
lightening, I decided that a good safety measure would be to carry
spares for critical gear in an insulated case.
What's "critical" is debatable.

Perhaps you want a closed metal container. Lightning can pass through
the metal, but won't get inside the box.

Casady