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How about installing an autopilot, running the control panel extension to
your hypalon dinghy, and running the whole thing to shore using the dinghy
to control the P-19?
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> From: james nolan
> Sent: Wednesday, September 1, 1999 4:04 PM
> To: Thos. Westerman; Bill Wallace
> Cc: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: Re: Lowering mast during storm/ Carbon fiber masthead charge
> diffusion fingers
>
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Tom:
> Thanks for posting the nice pictures of Lake Granby and thanks especially
> for not posting the one of me falling off of the windsurfer and straddling
> the mast.
> A cheapo lightning disappator (spelling) can be made by taking a short
> length (6") of heavy gauge stranded copper wire, such as a car battery
> cable
> or jumper cable. The heavier the gauge and the finer the strands the
> better. Strip off 3-4" of insulator on one end and peel out the individual
> strands to make a "lollipop tree" of the strands. On the other end crimp a
> large lug (car battery ground type). Make sure the insulation is removed
> on
> this end for conductivity to the lug. Bolt this lug to the top of the
> mast,
> in which you'll probably have to drill a hole. You may want to put up more
> than one. Total cost less than $10. Note: This will not absolutely prevent
> lightning from striking you, it will only reduce your chances. When
> lightning comes around, I head for shore. You also must provide a
> grounding
> path for the mast, I use a long chain off of the forestay into the water.
>
> Jim Nolan (now a believer in outsailing the current)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thos. Westerman <thomasw@vanion.com>
> To: Bill Wallace <billw@rdmcorp.com>
> Cc: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
> Date: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 12:53 PM
> Subject: Lowering mast during storm/ Carbon fiber masthead charge
> diffusion
> fingers
>
>
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> > West Wight Potter Website at URL
> > http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> >Bill Wallace wrote:
> >>You might want to re-consider lowering a mast in the event of a storm.
> It
> >>probably increases your overall danger, since you are actually handling
> the
> >>mast for a time during the storm (a larger danger by itself), and you
> now
> >>have a conductor running the length of the boat and beyond. This will
> >>pickup stray electricity in the water much better than a vertical mast,
> and
> >>will thus be a good conductor. Also, the horizontal mast now has no
> >>obvious path for the electricity to take, so it will fan out, rather
> than
> >>trying to go out the bottom of the mast. Finally, as you found out,
> doing
> >>anything unnecessary during a storm increases your danger of an
> accident.
> >>Bill
> >
> >Thanks for the Advice Bill. I contacted Garmin about the GPS--got off
> >lucky, for $89 and my cost to ship to them, they will repair the unit to
> >original factory specs, even if they have to replace the whole thing
> (which
> >includes shipping back to me too). Lucky.
> >
> >I sincerely doubt I could have paid for a new companion way hatch, or
> even
> >repair work to a damaged one for $89 had the GPS not distributed the 1
> inch
> >contact point of the mast trailing end into a 4 inch footprint of the GPS
> >bottom. That is one way to look at it. The GPS saved my Hatch.
> >
> >I plan to buy more galvanized chain for my anchor and will either get
> more
> >for my side shroud lines too, or make sure to carry jumper cables for the
> >same use and then leave the mast up.
> >
> >Also does anyone know how I could make some of those little "fingers" of
> >rope like fibers for the mast head--like the ones you see on airplane
> wings
> >for diffusing the charge--without having to buy an expensive sailboat
> >lightning kit? How would I go about mounting/attaching/grounding the
> fiber
> >bundle,etc? Nolan?
> >
>
>
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