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Mr. Sandman · 06-06-2010, 07:01 AM

Yesterday we had a rock'n storm swing thru...winds were not that bad but massive rain (my bucket on the boat had 5" of water in it and it was partially covered from the gunnel. in a couple hours)
The lighting was severe. 4 boats in OB harbor were hit, one twice which was right behind me! Luckily I had my ungrounded outriggers down. Everything seems to work OK on my boat but they said one sail boat lit up like a fireworks display with sparks raining down into the water.

I asked this before but I am not really sure what you can do to protect your electrical systems from storms like this. Yeah the boat is grounded but I don't think it was intended to take a bolt of lighting.

06-06-2010, 07:01 AM	#1
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	Yesterday's lighting storm(s) Yesterday we had a rock'n storm swing thru...winds were not that bad but massive rain (my bucket on the boat had 5" of water in it and it was partially covered from the gunnel. in a couple hours) The lighting was severe. 4 boats in OB harbor were hit, one twice which was right behind me! Luckily I had my ungrounded outriggers down. Everything seems to work OK on my boat but they said one sail boat lit up like a fireworks display with sparks raining down into the water. I asked this before but I am not really sure what you can do to protect your electrical systems from storms like this. Yeah the boat is grounded but I don't think it was intended to take a bolt of lighting.