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Protect You and Your Boat From Lightning

By Sandy Parks · On April 19, 2019

The marine insurance company, Gowrie Group has an article on what exactly lightning is, the possibility of a strike and prevention measures.

Lightning is a channel of negative charge that zigzags downward in roughly 50-yard segments in a forked pattern. It shoots to the ground in less time than it takes to blink. As it nears the ground, the negatively charged particles (called a leader) are attracted to a channel of positive charge reaching up (called a streamer), normally through something tall, such as a tree, house, or telephone pole (or a mast!). Read More

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