What about watches, Ben? I always used to keep a casio digital watch in my sextant box. But it occurs to me that it might be toast, too, in the event of a lightning strike.
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Ben <sutton...@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing to bear in mind when choosing navigation instruments. If you get > hit by lightning, every electronic gadget you have on board will be fried > even if it is not plugged into anything. Thus you will want old fashion > alternatives including a sextant if you are offshore. One way to save a > hand held GPS would be to put it in a screened cage, known as a Faraday > cage, to protect it from the electric field which results from a lightning > strike. > Incidentally, this info is courtesy of Andy & Liza Copeland cruisers and > authors. > Ben Sutton > BC > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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