Re: [Paddlewise] Lightning

>I think I've posted this before:  I've been in sailboats and in motor boats
>during severe storms... some with lighting strikes some 50 feet from the


Here's last year's Paddlewise discussion:

http://csisler.com/Kayaks/PaddleWise/Safety/Lightning.htm

If I didn't get it all, I'll add the rest when I find it.

I used to have a lot of links to lightning sites but lost them somewhere.
Anybody else have any good ones?

Is it lightning or lightening.  I already know what Hank thinks :-).

Clyde Sisler
http://csisler.com


>boat.  I thought for sure we were going to be killed...I would have gotten
>off the water if I could have.  I flew into an airport during a lightening
>storm once and met a fellow pilot seeking refuge on the ground, he advised
>thathe'd rather be down here on the ground wising he was up there, than up
>there wishing he were down here.
>
>
>I guess the only good thing is, in seawater, you're pretty close to being
>grounded.
>
>I read about a fellow who was sitting on the fantail of a steel hulled boat
>and was struck.  He was badly burned and it blew out a hole in the boat
>where he had been sitting.. he survived.  Most of the sailing articles I've
>read recommend grounding the mast during electrical storms.  I bought lead
>straps to wrap the mast and trail in the water... not that I knew it ever
>did any good.  As for salt vs. fresh water, I would think that salt water
>would dissipate the electrical charge better, thus, you would be able to
>survive a strike that was closer to you in salt water.  A direct hit would
>probably fry you either way, regardless of what you were wearing.
>
>Robert
>
>
> Does anyone have information on kayaking accidents involving
>>lightning?  Is boat/paddle/clothing composition a relevant factor?  Salt
>>versus fresh water?>
>>
>>I've been paddling on the salt chuck for 20 years, never do get off the
>>water when lightning is about, and I've never been hit.
>>
>>Dead man paddling :) ,
>>Doug lloyd
>>
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