I had a near-hit a while back that appeared to send a charge through the prop and shaft. Everything is grounded to the diesel and nothing else on the boat.
Fried an old battery monitor and the 110-volt battery charger; Everything else was fine. I was anchoring the boat at the time as the storm hit. Felt nothing, but jumped a foot or so when the bolt struck very close to us. Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. From: Bill Bina Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 3:54 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics GPS I was once standing in a doorway less than 50 feet from a huge oak tree that got struck as I watched. The power involved is unimaginable. The idea that you can do anything at all to steer, or deter such a large force is wishful thinking at best. No amount of #2 gauge ground wires is going to mean anything whatsoever. In a direct hit, your "faraday cage" oven will be a glowing puddle. Bill Bina On 1/17/2014 3:36 PM, Gary Nylander wrote: The big mystery about lightning is just that - you never know what it is going to do. I've had a half dozen friends whose boats have been struck. On my buddy's Thunderbird (plastic one), he couldn't understand why the boat was taking on water. Nothing was bothered except the depth sounder, which was located on the centerline in front of the keel - and it was just loosened in its thru-hull, not any more. He motored down his 'creek' and across the river to the boat yard - and called them to have the travel lift ready - motored into it, they hauled and the sounder literally fell out! Another had everything boiled on a Morgan 38, including a hole in the hull - fortunately he was in a slip in water that was only a foot deeper than his keel.....He had one of those whisk broom thingies on the mast - no help. And it goes on. Gary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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