"Over40pirate" wrote...
A few years ago while cruising, I was weighing anchor, and when I got to
the
chain (no windlass then) I was shocked, not by what was on the hook, but
as in
electrical shock. I dropped it and pulled it in again with the same
shocking
results. It wasn't a killing shock, and as the hook was clear of the
bottom, I
motored off enough with the hook in the water to be sure I didn't pick up
a
live cable, then hauled it aboard, getting shocked as I did it.
Before I tell the cause, any guesses?


Skip Gundlach wrote:
You've got an aluminum boat.

IIRC he's got an old IOR racer converted for cruising, not aluminum.

My guess was that the boat was in the area of one of those magnetic
disturbances they mark on the charts, and was sailing around the anchor fast
enough that the magnetic field could induce current in the conductive anchor
chain.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King