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Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee Divers
You left out one very important element in the equation. It is the one thing that allows me to feel more conformable being on this sail boat than most other boats. I’ll give you the key word again "bonded". For those who don't know what the word bonded means; all the components of the spar system are connected to the external lead keel by a wire, actually a bunch of wires. Why? Get is right and I’ll tell you the story of how I personally know it works…. The story links cows, sailboats and wild storms with lighting and dark of night.
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Might wanna re-read what I wrote. I used "bonded" in the first line of text. It's to put all the metal components in the lightning protection scheme (in this interpretation) at the same potential as the water.
I've often thought about bonding my bimini poles to my stern drive so that they act as a partial Faraday cage, just in case.
I was hit by two branch lightning bolts in a 5 minute span during a wild storm a few weeks ago while on my motorcycle. It was awful (and painful) and has made me very nervous around thunderstorms.
You owe me a story!
