Re: Lightning - Car jumper cables?

Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Fri, 7 May 1999 20:22:29 -0700


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Maybe clip the cables to the shrouds and drop the other end overboard. That
would provide two rather direct routes around the cabin instead of through
it.

Harry
Mountain View, CA

>Would you get any protection from lightning by
>clipping car jumper cables to the mast slot and
>tossing the other ends overboard? Maybe clip the
>other ends to a metal grounding plate before throwing
>it over? Otherwise the shortest path seems to be
>through the cabin roof, down the cables, and into the
>keel.
>

>- Scott
>Charleston