Re: OT - Feeling Lucky Enough to Buy A Lottery Ticket


"Mark & Juanita" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 09 May 2007 16:30:29 GMT, Lew Hodgett <lewhodgett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Pat Barber wrote:
A few years back a friend was running a shrimp boat
and they took a lightning strike on the main
radio antenna.

It blew the VHF radio completely out of
the wheelhouse through the windshield.

There was a few pair of shorts that needed
to be replaced that day.

I call that a lucky shrimp boat crew.

Rather than just taking out the radio, that strike could just as
easily have holed the boat.

Lew

So, do boats benefit from lightning rods? Seems like the hazard for
boats in storms is pretty high.

depends upon who you ask. some say they attract hits, causing further
damage, some say they protect in a cone shaped area, so for powerboats, it
has to be pretty high up. sailboats have a builtin lightning rod :)


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regards,
charlie
cave creek, az


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