[Rhodes22-list] sailing and lightning

[Todd Tavares]

Bill E. wrote:

"Since our masts do not go down into the water, it would seem
difficult for lightning to jump to a ground if you don't provide it."

Sorry to pick on you Bill, but if lightning can arc 1000ft between the
earth or water and the clouds, what makes you think it wouldn't jump that
last (or first) five feet from your mast or shroud to the water?  There
you go again making statements without first doing the research....we
didn't even get a dead-end link to follow.  ;-D    Murphy's Law of
lightning says that as soon as you say you would never get struck by
lightning, that's when you get hit.

Todd T.

(joking of course)

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Bill Effros"
  To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] sailing and lightning
  Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:20:18 -0400


  Ed,

  I think Rummy has had the most to say on this one, although I agree
  with what he has said.

  It boils down to "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." It seems to us
  that grounding your boat provides lightning with a better path.
  Since our masts do not go down into the water, it would seem
  difficult for lightning to jump to a ground if you don't provide it.

  Our thought is that when you hear lightning you should hang out
  around boats with taller masts that are more likely to be struck.
  We think the last thing you want to do when you see or hear
  lightning is grab hold of a grounding plate and throw it into the
  water. The last thing you may hear is "Wow! Did you see that one?"

  Bill Effros

  Tootle wrote:
  > Where did it go?
  >
  > Where is that question I posted?
  >
  > Here is what started the question:
  >
  > http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000001-d000100/d000007/d000007.html
  >
  > It say you should ground your mast. But it does tell me how to
  ground the
  > mast that I can figure out. So how do you ground a sail boat??
  >
  > Bill Effros, you are the expert on this subject, aren't you?
  >
  > So how do you ground a sail boat? John Lock, you are the current
  > research expert. What is the correct answer?
  >
  > Ed K
  > Greenville, SC, USA
  >
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