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Subject: TWL: Re: Lightening was Boats, cars and electronic...
awoods@XXX.XXX
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 17:19:35 EST
>Happens to lots to boats on the south coasts. Lightening strike.
(endsnip)
Not just on the south coasts. Last summer by dock neighbor was headed home
from Virginia in his Egg Harbor after a week's vacation. A squall blew up
and he took a direct lightening hit on his antenna. Every electrical device
on the boat was cooked, including the electronic ignitions on the gas
engines. Dead in the water in the middle of a nasty storm. Fortunately he
was traveling with another boat, and he had a handheld VHF, the only thing
that still worked.
We also had a sailboat take a direct hit in our marina on the Fourth of
July!
Regards,
Andy
Andy & Linda Woods
Grand Folly
1970 Grand Banks 36 Classic
Georgetown, MD
awoods@XXX.XXX
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