Grounding guide - marine lightning, The owner of this sailboat made the observations in figure a1‑1. the bottom of the mast was connected to a keel bolt. figure a1‑ 1 lightning damage to grounded boat in fresh water. interesting features in this case are: the holes in the ballast indicate that current had flowed out of the keel..

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Marine lightning protection: ---zapped , Grounding boat: school notion leading big copper strip base mast straight line single grounding plate hull process discarded favor sophisticated technique connects mast primary conductor network dissipating electrodes installed . How store mast winter cruising world, Put mast bed correctly ’ stepped unstepped, season, square rig winter storage. "hands- sailor" october 2011 issue.. Un-stepping mast – rigging company, It harder furler laying ground. lastly, tidy remaining lines (.. runner block tackles, cunningham, mast furling lines, lazy jacks, …). tip: leave shorter tailed lines (uncoiled) tying furlers rigging mast lifted boat..