Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

On Jun 3, 2:39*pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 12:13 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:07:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 1:50 am, wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:12:38 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
OK, hypothetical, but my quesiton is how do you handle being caught in
a lightening storm in a boat.
I have two fiberglass boats an 18' and a 23'.
18 has an enclosed bow, and the 23 a small cuddie. basicly a bigger
enclosed bow.
Where I boat is Lake Carlyle, and it's about 10 mi. long and about 3
mi. wide. Now 'pop-up' showers arn't uncommon this time of year, but
sometimes that little sprinkle can turn into a lightening storm while
the boater is unawares. So while being caught in the rain. the bilge
[s] are on, and you're headed in. the baot is wet.. you're wet. what
is the concern about lightening?
I'm thinking at least sit still and everybody head under the
enclosures. until at least the lightning quits.
What say ye?
We have thunderstorms all the time and most of us in open boats worry
about getting hit by lightning but I haven't really heard any stories
about it happening.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds and try to see them
coming in time to get to a safe place to wait it out.
If you do get caught in it get as low in the boat as possible and away
from the T top. Sailboat guys probably have tips about grounding since
that mast is a pretty attractive target.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds
Or buy a hand held Barometer......
If you only went out when there was a rising barometer you wouldn't
get away from the dock around here in the summer.

One thought about "blue sky" lightning, be sure to look up!

There are lots of times here in the sub-tropics where there will be
blue sky and sunshine all around and if you looked straight up you
would see a big white puffy cloud. It might be a tower 15,000 feet
tall.
Radar can be deceiving too. Until it starts raining, these clouds
don't really look that bad on radar. That can be a pretty sudden
occurrence. These are the kind of storms Florida is famous for where
one guy can get an inch of rain in 15 minutes and the guy on the block
over doesn't get a drop.

Having had waaaaay too much experience with lightning, I tend to
obsess over it. *Living in N. Florida and being both a sailor and
powerboater I have developed strategies for both. *Your best strategy
is avoidance of thunderstorms.
If you cannot avoid them, here is what I do:

Sailboat. *Disconnect VHF and GPS from power AND antennas so they will
work after a strike. *Get passengers below decks so the wet decks and
hull can form a "Faraday Cage" for them and minimize effects on them.
Make sure nobody goes near metal stuff including the sink or the mast
on a keel stepped mast boat.
I drop my sails long before the storm hits and have my engine running
and attempt to power into the wind. *if it gets too strong I turn and
run with the wind. *Make sure everything is bonded to the engine shaft
and hope the prop will dissipate a strike.
I'd rather be at anchor during such a storm and I have a 2' x2' copper
sheet soldered and clamped to a 00 guage tinned copper braided cable
that clips to the mast as high as I can reach with another lead going
to the shroud at the edge of the deck. *All of this should give me a
"cone of protection". *I crouch as low as possible.

Powerboat (outboard): *I run like hell back toward shore. *Beach the
boat if necessary because I want trees near shore to offer a better
strike path than me, but stay on the boat. *IF necessary, I anchor. *I
also have a length of OO tinned braided cable I attach to my danforth
anchor that I drop overboard with anchor line attached so it hangs in
the water (Yes, I carry two anchors on my 20' boat) so the anchors
area will dissipate the current of a strike. *Lower the VHF antenna
and disconnect the VHF from power and antenna. *Crouch low in boat
under RAISED bimini. *The bimini is grounded and helps form a Faraday
cage. *Do not touch the wheel or throttle unless necessary. Stand one
one foot or keep feet together, SERIOUSLY. *This avoids current using
your torso as a conduction path from one place on the hull to another,
your body is a better conductor than the wet fiberglass.

Nice to hear from you again, Dr. Emmett Brown.

Hi Harry. I seem to have the craziest experiences involving lightning
so I take it very seriously. Here in Tallahassee, Thunderstorms have
interrupted work here twice today already. I do not let the
machinists go near the machines during storms and I get away from the
computers and other equipment. At least once a week our electron
microscopes crash due to lightning in summer.

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 2:39 pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 12:13 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:07:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 1:50 am, wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:12:38 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
OK, hypothetical, but my quesiton is how do you handle being caught in
a lightening storm in a boat.
I have two fiberglass boats an 18' and a 23'.
18 has an enclosed bow, and the 23 a small cuddie. basicly a bigger
enclosed bow.
Where I boat is Lake Carlyle, and it's about 10 mi. long and about 3
mi. wide. Now 'pop-up' showers arn't uncommon this time of year, but
sometimes that little sprinkle can turn into a lightening storm while
the boater is unawares. So while being caught in the rain. the bilge
[s] are on, and you're headed in. the baot is wet.. you're wet. what
is the concern about lightening?
I'm thinking at least sit still and everybody head under the
enclosures. until at least the lightning quits.
What say ye?
We have thunderstorms all the time and most of us in open boats worry
about getting hit by lightning but I haven't really heard any stories
about it happening.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds and try to see them
coming in time to get to a safe place to wait it out.
If you do get caught in it get as low in the boat as possible and away
from the T top. Sailboat guys probably have tips about grounding since
that mast is a pretty attractive target.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds
Or buy a hand held Barometer......
If you only went out when there was a rising barometer you wouldn't
get away from the dock around here in the summer.
One thought about "blue sky" lightning, be sure to look up!
There are lots of times here in the sub-tropics where there will be
blue sky and sunshine all around and if you looked straight up you
would see a big white puffy cloud. It might be a tower 15,000 feet
tall.
Radar can be deceiving too. Until it starts raining, these clouds
don't really look that bad on radar. That can be a pretty sudden
occurrence. These are the kind of storms Florida is famous for where
one guy can get an inch of rain in 15 minutes and the guy on the block
over doesn't get a drop.
Having had waaaaay too much experience with lightning, I tend to
obsess over it. Living in N. Florida and being both a sailor and
powerboater I have developed strategies for both. Your best strategy
is avoidance of thunderstorms.
If you cannot avoid them, here is what I do:
Sailboat. Disconnect VHF and GPS from power AND antennas so they will
work after a strike. Get passengers below decks so the wet decks and
hull can form a "Faraday Cage" for them and minimize effects on them.
Make sure nobody goes near metal stuff including the sink or the mast
on a keel stepped mast boat.
I drop my sails long before the storm hits and have my engine running
and attempt to power into the wind. if it gets too strong I turn and
run with the wind. Make sure everything is bonded to the engine shaft
and hope the prop will dissipate a strike.
I'd rather be at anchor during such a storm and I have a 2' x2' copper
sheet soldered and clamped to a 00 guage tinned copper braided cable
that clips to the mast as high as I can reach with another lead going
to the shroud at the edge of the deck. All of this should give me a
"cone of protection". I crouch as low as possible.
Powerboat (outboard): I run like hell back toward shore. Beach the
boat if necessary because I want trees near shore to offer a better
strike path than me, but stay on the boat. IF necessary, I anchor. I
also have a length of OO tinned braided cable I attach to my danforth
anchor that I drop overboard with anchor line attached so it hangs in
the water (Yes, I carry two anchors on my 20' boat) so the anchors
area will dissipate the current of a strike. Lower the VHF antenna
and disconnect the VHF from power and antenna. Crouch low in boat
under RAISED bimini. The bimini is grounded and helps form a Faraday
cage. Do not touch the wheel or throttle unless necessary. Stand one
one foot or keep feet together, SERIOUSLY. This avoids current using
your torso as a conduction path from one place on the hull to another,
your body is a better conductor than the wet fiberglass.
Nice to hear from you again, Dr. Emmett Brown.

Hi Harry. I seem to have the craziest experiences involving lightning
so I take it very seriously. Here in Tallahassee, Thunderstorms have
interrupted work here twice today already. I do not let the
machinists go near the machines during storms and I get away from the
computers and other equipment. At least once a week our electron
microscopes crash due to lightning in summer.


I'm not arguing with you. Despite what you may think, I really enjoy
many of your posts, even if for reasons that might not occur to you. :)
I consider you the annointed Rube Goldberg of rec.boats.

Remember, *I* was the one who banged you over the head the hardest and
the most often regarding what I thought would be your final voyage in
your small boat. If I didn't care, I would have joined the "oh, go ahead
and do it" chorus.

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

On Jun 3, 2:52*pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 2:39 pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 12:13 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:07:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 1:50 am, wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:12:38 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
OK, hypothetical, but my quesiton is how do you handle being caught in
a lightening storm in a boat.
I have two fiberglass boats an 18' and a 23'.
18 has an enclosed bow, and the 23 a small cuddie. basicly a bigger
enclosed bow.
Where I boat is Lake Carlyle, and it's about 10 mi. long and about 3
mi. wide. Now 'pop-up' showers arn't uncommon this time of year, but
sometimes that little sprinkle can turn into a lightening storm while
the boater is unawares. So while being caught in the rain. the bilge
[s] are on, and you're headed in. the baot is wet.. you're wet. what
is the concern about lightening?
I'm thinking at least sit still and everybody head under the
enclosures. until at least the lightning quits.
What say ye?
We have thunderstorms all the time and most of us in open boats worry
about getting hit by lightning but I haven't really heard any stories
about it happening.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds and try to see them
coming in time to get to a safe place to wait it out.
If you do get caught in it get as low in the boat as possible and away
from the T top. Sailboat guys probably have tips about grounding since
that mast is a pretty attractive target.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds
Or buy a hand held Barometer......
If you only went out when there was a rising barometer you wouldn't
get away from the dock around here in the summer.
One thought about "blue sky" lightning, be sure to look up!
There are lots of times here in the sub-tropics where there will be
blue sky and sunshine all around and if you looked straight up you
would see a big white puffy cloud. It might be a tower 15,000 feet
tall.
Radar can be deceiving too. Until it starts raining, these clouds
don't really look that bad on radar. That can be a pretty sudden
occurrence. These are the kind of storms Florida is famous for where
one guy can get an inch of rain in 15 minutes and the guy on the block
over doesn't get a drop.
Having had waaaaay too much experience with lightning, I tend to
obsess over it. *Living in N. Florida and being both a sailor and
powerboater I have developed strategies for both. *Your best strategy
is avoidance of thunderstorms.
If you cannot avoid them, here is what I do:
Sailboat. *Disconnect VHF and GPS from power AND antennas so they will
work after a strike. *Get passengers below decks so the wet decks and
hull can form a "Faraday Cage" for them and minimize effects on them.
Make sure nobody goes near metal stuff including the sink or the mast
on a keel stepped mast boat.
I drop my sails long before the storm hits and have my engine running
and attempt to power into the wind. *if it gets too strong I turn and
run with the wind. *Make sure everything is bonded to the engine shaft
and hope the prop will dissipate a strike.
I'd rather be at anchor during such a storm and I have a 2' x2' copper
sheet soldered and clamped to a 00 guage tinned copper braided cable
that clips to the mast as high as I can reach with another lead going
to the shroud at the edge of the deck. *All of this should give me a
"cone of protection". *I crouch as low as possible.
Powerboat (outboard): *I run like hell back toward shore. *Beach the
boat if necessary because I want trees near shore to offer a better
strike path than me, but stay on the boat. *IF necessary, I anchor. *I
also have a length of OO tinned braided cable I attach to my danforth
anchor that I drop overboard with anchor line attached so it hangs in
the water (Yes, I carry two anchors on my 20' boat) so the anchors
area will dissipate the current of a strike. *Lower the VHF antenna
and disconnect the VHF from power and antenna. *Crouch low in boat
under RAISED bimini. *The bimini is grounded and helps form a Faraday
cage. *Do not touch the wheel or throttle unless necessary. Stand one
one foot or keep feet together, SERIOUSLY. *This avoids current using
your torso as a conduction path from one place on the hull to another,
your body is a better conductor than the wet fiberglass.
Nice to hear from you again, Dr. Emmett Brown.

Hi Harry. *I seem to have the craziest experiences involving lightning
so I take it very seriously. *Here in Tallahassee, Thunderstorms have
interrupted work here twice today already. *I do not let the
machinists go near the machines during storms and I get away from the
computers and other equipment. *At least once a week our electron
microscopes crash due to lightning in summer.

I'm not arguing with you. Despite what you may think, I really enjoy
many of your posts, even if for reasons that might not occur to you. :)
I consider you the annointed Rube Goldberg of rec.boats.

Remember, *I* was the one who banged you over the head the hardest and
the most often regarding what I thought would be your final voyage in
your small boat. If I didn't care, I would have joined the "oh, go ahead
and do it" chorus.

Harry, I did not think you were arguing. I still wish I'd done that
trip but you were probably right.
Now, my 23 yr old daughter and her bf want to sail the 28' sailboat to
the Bahamas from here. They are both OK sailors but not much cruising
experience so they want me to go part way. If it was earlier in the
year, Id say "yes" but in summer, I do not want to go.

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

On Jun 3, 2:45*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 2:39*pm, HK wrote:





Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 12:13 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:07:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 1:50 am, wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:12:38 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
OK, hypothetical, but my quesiton is how do you handle being caught in
a lightening storm in a boat.
I have two fiberglass boats an 18' and a 23'.
18 has an enclosed bow, and the 23 a small cuddie. basicly a bigger
enclosed bow.
Where I boat is Lake Carlyle, and it's about 10 mi. long and about 3
mi. wide. Now 'pop-up' showers arn't uncommon this time of year, but
sometimes that little sprinkle can turn into a lightening storm while
the boater is unawares. So while being caught in the rain. the bilge
[s] are on, and you're headed in. the baot is wet.. you're wet. what
is the concern about lightening?
I'm thinking at least sit still and everybody head under the
enclosures. until at least the lightning quits.
What say ye?
We have thunderstorms all the time and most of us in open boats worry
about getting hit by lightning but I haven't really heard any stories
about it happening.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds and try to see them
coming in time to get to a safe place to wait it out.
If you do get caught in it get as low in the boat as possible and away
from the T top. Sailboat guys probably have tips about grounding since
that mast is a pretty attractive target.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds
Or buy a hand held Barometer......
If you only went out when there was a rising barometer you wouldn't
get away from the dock around here in the summer.

One thought about "blue sky" lightning, be sure to look up!

There are lots of times here in the sub-tropics where there will be
blue sky and sunshine all around and if you looked straight up you
would see a big white puffy cloud. It might be a tower 15,000 feet
tall.
Radar can be deceiving too. Until it starts raining, these clouds
don't really look that bad on radar. That can be a pretty sudden
occurrence. These are the kind of storms Florida is famous for where
one guy can get an inch of rain in 15 minutes and the guy on the block
over doesn't get a drop.

Having had waaaaay too much experience with lightning, I tend to
obsess over it. *Living in N. Florida and being both a sailor and
powerboater I have developed strategies for both. *Your best strategy
is avoidance of thunderstorms.
If you cannot avoid them, here is what I do:

Sailboat. *Disconnect VHF and GPS from power AND antennas so they will
work after a strike. *Get passengers below decks so the wet decks and
hull can form a "Faraday Cage" for them and minimize effects on them.
Make sure nobody goes near metal stuff including the sink or the mast
on a keel stepped mast boat.
I drop my sails long before the storm hits and have my engine running
and attempt to power into the wind. *if it gets too strong I turn and
run with the wind. *Make sure everything is bonded to the engine shaft
and hope the prop will dissipate a strike.
I'd rather be at anchor during such a storm and I have a 2' x2' copper
sheet soldered and clamped to a 00 guage tinned copper braided cable
that clips to the mast as high as I can reach with another lead going
to the shroud at the edge of the deck. *All of this should give me a
"cone of protection". *I crouch as low as possible.

Powerboat (outboard): *I run like hell back toward shore. *Beach the
boat if necessary because I want trees near shore to offer a better
strike path than me, but stay on the boat. *IF necessary, I anchor. *I
also have a length of OO tinned braided cable I attach to my danforth
anchor that I drop overboard with anchor line attached so it hangs in
the water (Yes, I carry two anchors on my 20' boat) so the anchors
area will dissipate the current of a strike. *Lower the VHF antenna
and disconnect the VHF from power and antenna. *Crouch low in boat
under RAISED bimini. *The bimini is grounded and helps form a Faraday
cage. *Do not touch the wheel or throttle unless necessary. Stand one
one foot or keep feet together, SERIOUSLY. *This avoids current using
your torso as a conduction path from one place on the hull to another,
your body is a better conductor than the wet fiberglass.

Nice to hear from you again, Dr. Emmett Brown.

Hi Harry. *I seem to have the craziest experiences involving lightning
so I take it very seriously. *Here in Tallahassee, Thunderstorms have
interrupted work here twice today already. *I do not let the
machinists go near the machines during storms and I get away from the
computers and other equipment. *At least once a week our electron
microscopes crash due to lightning in summer.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I lived right in the middle of "lighting alley" for many years. I have
seen some things! There was a two lane highway coming back from Tampa
that I used a lot just because I liked being out in the swamp, and was
quite deserted most of the time. It was late one summer evening,
coming back from Tampa and I thought I'd go down that swamp road to
get home, maybe stop at the river to see if anybody was night fishing.
A thunderstorm came with violent wind. I thought it would blow my
little car into the swamp. Then the lighting. There were so many
strikes that it was bouncing off of the road in front of me. I got
home okay, except for a change of clothes was needed! The next day I
told someone about it, and we decided to go see if there was any
evidence of such. When we got to the area where I was, there were
marks in the pavement where lighting had hit. You could also go out in
the fields after a good one and find where the lighting had hit the
ground and turned the sand into glass. Wasn't pretty glass, but it was
glass.

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:13:39 -0400, wrote:

These are the kind of storms Florida is famous for where
one guy can get an inch of rain in 15 minutes and the guy on the block
over doesn't get a drop.

I used to have a farm half a mile from Des Moines International
Airport. I had five rain gauges, and I can tell you thunderstorm rain
is generally that patchy. Two inches fifty yards from half an inch.
You have a shaft of rain that might even be somewhat uniform, not
really likely, but it can taper off quickly at the edges. If it is
moving slow enough you can get three inches 200 yards from zip.
What Florida is justly famous for is having lots of them. I am an
instrument rated pilot, and even in Iowa we know about Florida
weather. We can get there in an hour. Pilots are connoisseurs
of weather: they have to be, much more than even mariners and farmers.

Casady

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

On Jun 3, 3:07*pm, wrote:
On Jun 3, 2:45*pm, Frogwatch wrote:



On Jun 3, 2:39*pm, HK wrote:

Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 12:13 pm, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 05:07:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 3, 1:50 am, wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:12:38 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
OK, hypothetical, but my quesiton is how do you handle being caught in
a lightening storm in a boat.
I have two fiberglass boats an 18' and a 23'.
18 has an enclosed bow, and the 23 a small cuddie. basicly a bigger
enclosed bow.
Where I boat is Lake Carlyle, and it's about 10 mi. long and about 3
mi. wide. Now 'pop-up' showers arn't uncommon this time of year, but
sometimes that little sprinkle can turn into a lightening storm while
the boater is unawares. So while being caught in the rain. the bilge
[s] are on, and you're headed in. the baot is wet.. you're wet. what
is the concern about lightening?
I'm thinking at least sit still and everybody head under the
enclosures. until at least the lightning quits.
What say ye?
We have thunderstorms all the time and most of us in open boats worry
about getting hit by lightning but I haven't really heard any stories
about it happening.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds and try to see them
coming in time to get to a safe place to wait it out.
If you do get caught in it get as low in the boat as possible and away
from the T top. Sailboat guys probably have tips about grounding since
that mast is a pretty attractive target.
The real trick is to be able to read the clouds
Or buy a hand held Barometer......
If you only went out when there was a rising barometer you wouldn't
get away from the dock around here in the summer.

One thought about "blue sky" lightning, be sure to look up!

There are lots of times here in the sub-tropics where there will be
blue sky and sunshine all around and if you looked straight up you
would see a big white puffy cloud. It might be a tower 15,000 feet
tall.
Radar can be deceiving too. Until it starts raining, these clouds
don't really look that bad on radar. That can be a pretty sudden
occurrence. These are the kind of storms Florida is famous for where
one guy can get an inch of rain in 15 minutes and the guy on the block
over doesn't get a drop.

Having had waaaaay too much experience with lightning, I tend to
obsess over it. *Living in N. Florida and being both a sailor and
powerboater I have developed strategies for both. *Your best strategy
is avoidance of thunderstorms.
If you cannot avoid them, here is what I do:

Sailboat. *Disconnect VHF and GPS from power AND antennas so they will
work after a strike. *Get passengers below decks so the wet decks and
hull can form a "Faraday Cage" for them and minimize effects on them.
Make sure nobody goes near metal stuff including the sink or the mast
on a keel stepped mast boat.
I drop my sails long before the storm hits and have my engine running
and attempt to power into the wind. *if it gets too strong I turn and
run with the wind. *Make sure everything is bonded to the engine shaft
and hope the prop will dissipate a strike.
I'd rather be at anchor during such a storm and I have a 2' x2' copper
sheet soldered and clamped to a 00 guage tinned copper braided cable
that clips to the mast as high as I can reach with another lead going
to the shroud at the edge of the deck. *All of this should give me a
"cone of protection". *I crouch as low as possible.

Powerboat (outboard): *I run like hell back toward shore. *Beach the
boat if necessary because I want trees near shore to offer a better
strike path than me, but stay on the boat. *IF necessary, I anchor. *I
also have a length of OO tinned braided cable I attach to my danforth
anchor that I drop overboard with anchor line attached so it hangs in
the water (Yes, I carry two anchors on my 20' boat) so the anchors
area will dissipate the current of a strike. *Lower the VHF antenna
and disconnect the VHF from power and antenna. *Crouch low in boat
under RAISED bimini. *The bimini is grounded and helps form a Faraday
cage. *Do not touch the wheel or throttle unless necessary. Stand one
one foot or keep feet together, SERIOUSLY. *This avoids current using
your torso as a conduction path from one place on the hull to another,
your body is a better conductor than the wet fiberglass.

Nice to hear from you again, Dr. Emmett Brown.

Hi Harry. *I seem to have the craziest experiences involving lightning
so I take it very seriously. *Here in Tallahassee, Thunderstorms have
interrupted work here twice today already. *I do not let the
machinists go near the machines during storms and I get away from the
computers and other equipment. *At least once a week our electron
microscopes crash due to lightning in summer.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I lived right in the middle of "lighting alley" for many years. I have
seen some things! There was a two lane highway coming back from Tampa
that I used a lot just because I liked being out in the swamp, and was
quite deserted most of the time. It was late one summer evening,
coming back from Tampa and I thought I'd go down that swamp road to
get home, maybe stop at the river to see if anybody was night fishing.
A thunderstorm came with violent wind. I thought it would blow my
little car into the swamp. Then the lighting. There were so many
strikes that it was bouncing off of the road in front of me. I got
home okay, except for a change of clothes was needed! The next day I
told someone about it, and we decided to go see if there was any
evidence of such. When we got to the area where I was, there were
marks in the pavement where lighting had hit. You could also go out in
the fields after a good one and find where the lighting had hit the
ground and turned the sand into glass. Wasn't pretty glass, but it was
glass.

How's the fishin Harry? Do you live anywhere near Point Lookout?

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

Frogwatch wrote:

How's the fishin Harry? Do you live anywhere near Point Lookout?


For this area, the fishing is average. In comparison to everywhere in
Florida I have fished, that would translate to slower than slow.

We're north of Point Lookout, about an hour or so by car, depending on
traffic. I've driven there by car once, just to enjoy the vistas, and
have turned the corner, so to speak, on boats about a half-dozen times.
If I am driving down that way, it's most likely to attend something or
other at the Seafarers facility at Piney Point. A number of unions hold
social functions there.

http://www.seafarers.org/phc/PhotoGallery/facilities/

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

On Jun 3, 3:58*pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
How's the fishin Harry? *Do you live anywhere near Point Lookout?

For this area, the fishing is average. In comparison to everywhere in
Florida I have fished, that would translate to slower than slow.

We're north of Point Lookout, about an hour or so by car, depending on
traffic. I've driven there by car once, just to enjoy the vistas, and
have turned the corner, so to speak, on boats about a half-dozen times.
If I am driving down that way, it's most likely to attend something or
other at the Seafarers facility at Piney Point. A number of unions hold
social functions there.

http://www.seafarers.org/phc/PhotoGallery/facilities/

My older sister and her hubby have about 5 acres adjacent to Point
Lookout, I have never been there but some day I'll take the Tolman up
there cuz they do have a dock

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 3, 3:58 pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
How's the fishin Harry? Do you live anywhere near Point Lookout?
For this area, the fishing is average. In comparison to everywhere in
Florida I have fished, that would translate to slower than slow.

We're north of Point Lookout, about an hour or so by car, depending on
traffic. I've driven there by car once, just to enjoy the vistas, and
have turned the corner, so to speak, on boats about a half-dozen times.
If I am driving down that way, it's most likely to attend something or
other at the Seafarers facility at Piney Point. A number of unions hold
social functions there.

http://www.seafarers.org/phc/PhotoGallery/facilities/

My older sister and her hubby have about 5 acres adjacent to Point
Lookout, I have never been there but some day I'll take the Tolman up
there cuz they do have a dock


Perfect area for your boat...you can cruise the Potomac to Washington,
D.C., and beyond, and explore the Chesapeake Bay area, too. There's some
nice homes near the point itself, but, quite literally, there's very
little else out there.

Question concerning boating and lightning...
 

HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:

How's the fishin Harry? Do you live anywhere near Point Lookout?


For this area, the fishing is average. In comparison to everywhere in
Florida I have fished, that would translate to slower than slow.

We're north of Point Lookout, about an hour or so by car, depending on
traffic. I've driven there by car once, just to enjoy the vistas, and
have turned the corner, so to speak, on boats about a half-dozen times.
If I am driving down that way, it's most likely to attend something or
other at the Seafarers facility at Piney Point. A number of unions hold
social functions there.

http://www.seafarers.org/phc/PhotoGallery/facilities/

You union folks do live pretty high off the hawg. Don't you?