Re: [Paddlewise] lightening strikes

The boat that PeterO paddled - Feathercraf Kahuna - is pretty much aluminum
(frame), with sythetic skin around which doesn't  help much, being very
thin.  Such object may be doesn't attract lightning, being very low, but is
not protected from not only direct strikes, but from close strikes as well
(they may get you through surface of salty water, albeit with reduced
power). Fiberglass or playwood kayak is probably more safe.
Alex.

----- Original Message -----
From: "skimmer_at_.enter.net" <skimmer_at_enter.net>
To: <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
Sent: October 25, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: [Paddlewise] lightening strikes


> Hi All,
>
> Are there any records of paddlers struck by lightening, as
> distinguished from sailors in boats with lightening rod masts, etc.?
> We are not even paddling aluminum watercraft. Our paddles are usually
> wood or fiberglass.
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