El and Bill
New member
Hmmm -- since we have been having some interesting discussions on up or down, thought it might be interesting to get opinions on what you folks do when you're out on the water, too far to get home in time, and a big electrical storm comes flashing toward you.
We drop antenna (as though that little eight-footer could attract a big bolt, head into any old cove (preferably with high tree-covered hills nearby, but not too close), drop hook, lift engines (to get those conductors out of the drink, as though that inch of freeboard really matters) and do a little praying and maybe nipping at the 'Ol Hooch. If there are other boats anchored nearby, we follow the advice of an 'ol salt mentor, who sagely said, "in an electrical storm, always anchor near (but not too close) to a sailboat with a tall mast."
We have not too fond memories of an electrical storm in the Louisiana bayous, where our cabin roof was the tallest thing for 1,000 sq. miles, and the lightning was so thick that night that it never got dark in the cabin -- we lay in the V-berth holding hands and figured if it was our time, we'd go out with a flash together.
You're spot on, Tom -- on a desert island, I want an internet connection to these folks --
We drop antenna (as though that little eight-footer could attract a big bolt, head into any old cove (preferably with high tree-covered hills nearby, but not too close), drop hook, lift engines (to get those conductors out of the drink, as though that inch of freeboard really matters) and do a little praying and maybe nipping at the 'Ol Hooch. If there are other boats anchored nearby, we follow the advice of an 'ol salt mentor, who sagely said, "in an electrical storm, always anchor near (but not too close) to a sailboat with a tall mast."
We have not too fond memories of an electrical storm in the Louisiana bayous, where our cabin roof was the tallest thing for 1,000 sq. miles, and the lightning was so thick that night that it never got dark in the cabin -- we lay in the V-berth holding hands and figured if it was our time, we'd go out with a flash together.
You're spot on, Tom -- on a desert island, I want an internet connection to these folks --