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Originally Posted by GordMay  According to some web-humourist:
Odds of being the victim of serious crime in your lifetime: 20 to 1
Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1
Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1
Odds of winning a lottery 1,000,000 to 1
Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1 |
So I should start buying lottery tickets?
As far as lightning protection goes, I too have done a lot of research. Unfortunately, I did it after taking a lightning hit to the top of the mast. (that was a very expensive day) What I found was that to properly rig the boat to dissipate that much energy would make the boat look like something I wouldn't want to own.
It's better to buy a boat that dissapates the energy adequately as part of the boat's design. Lot's of metal stays and a diesel with a propeller shaft. Oh, and no metal thru hulls.
Also, minimal electronics on board. Anything connected to boat wiring will have to be replaced after a lightning strike.