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17-09-2016, 09:49

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Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

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Posted By tkeithlu

Re: Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

Good points well put. Cars and steel boats make adequate Faraday cages for the occupants, but if your car gets hit while you are in it you are going to need, aside from fresh underwear, new...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

17-09-2016, 06:26

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Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

Views: 9,561

Posted By tkeithlu

Re: Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

"Attracting" is simply being the highest, sharpest object in the vicinity of the charge difference between cloud and earth. That's your mast and your antennas in the usual case, although it's a bit...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

17-09-2016, 05:15

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Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

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Posted By tkeithlu

Re: Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

Not. We're talking about megaamps and megavolts. In the most frequent cases, we're also not talking about a single path, but to network of paths described in some of the posts above. A well grounded...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

13-09-2016, 17:24

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Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

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Posted By tkeithlu

Re: Does lightning strike cause delamination on fiberglass hulls?

It certainly could. First, if there is any moisture along one of the multiple routes that strike took - and moisture makes for better conduction - it is going to turn to steam - that's what blows...

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