When we were sailing in the
Gulf of Mexico earlier this month we saw quite a few water-spouts, as well as one or two
lightning strikes to the
water pretty close by. What's your normal MO for these?
We have the mast-stepped
mast connected to the iron
keel via a rubber insulated cable (looks like 70 sq mm or so). We were ready disconnect all
electronics from antennae, and to connect a cable to the back-stay and drop one end
overboard, but judging from the
arc and bloom that the watchkeeper saw from the closest strike, this may have been totally inadequate.
For the water-spouts, they were pretty distant, our plan was just to haul down all sail if they got close.
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