-----Original Message----- From: Stephen King <steveking2000_at_home.com> >I have read everything I could get my hands on about lightning over the >past 30 years of sailing and boating. One can sum up all those articles >by saying that lightning strikes do not seem to follow any predictable >pattern. Boats with grounded rigging and rigging not grounded to the >water seem to get hit with equal frequency and with equal damage. Preparing for the crossing of the Gulf of Mexico (20 days and 728 miles of open water) I knew the one thing I had no control of was lightning. I also read as much as I could get my hands on. I was able to speak to experts in the lightning capital of the USA, Florida. The most informative book for the layman (that's me) was "Lightning and Boats" by Michael V. Huck Jr. Seaworthy Publications ISBN: 0-9639566-0-4 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 26 2001 - 19:44:47 PST
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