{"id":22298,"date":"2015-02-25T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=22298"},"modified":"2015-02-25T19:42:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:42:37","slug":"the-striking-facts-about-lightning-and-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2015\/02\/the-striking-facts-about-lightning-and-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Striking Facts about Lightning and Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The odds of getting struck by <span class=\"s1\">lightning<\/span> are about one in a million. But if you own a boat, the odds of it being struck by lightning are significantly higher \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lightning-strike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lightning-strike.jpg\" alt=\"lightning strike\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a> about one in a thousand. However, not all boats are created equal when it comes to lightning. A just-released analysis of 10 years of insurance claims by Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) shows that certain boats are significantly more at risk than others. But which ones? And, what can you do if you\u2019re caught on open water? BoatUS has some answers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Let\u2019s first state the obvious:<\/b> While even PWC\u2019s can be hit, it\u2019s a no brainer why monohull sailboats with their tall masts pointing to the sky have significantly more lightning claims than powerboats \u2013 3.8 chances per 1,000 versus a 0.1 chance in 1,000 for bass boats-runabouts-pontoons. The national average for the probability of a boat lightning strike claim for all types of boats and sizes is 0.9 chance per 1,000. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boatus.com\/seaworthy\/magazine\/2015\/january\/lightning-facts.asp\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The odds of getting struck by lightning are about one in a million. But if you own a boat, the odds of it being struck by lightning are significantly higher \u2013 about one in a thousand. However, not all boats are created equal when it comes to lightning. A just-released analysis of 10 years of insurance claims by Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) shows that certain boats are significantly more at risk than others. But which ones? And, what can you do if you\u2019re caught on open water? BoatUS has some answers: Let\u2019s first state the obvious: While even PWC\u2019s can be hit, it\u2019s a no brainer why monohull sailboats with their tall masts pointing to the sky have significantly more lightning claims than powerboats \u2013 3.8 chances per 1,000 versus a 0.1 chance in 1,000 for bass boats-runabouts-pontoons. The national average for the probability of a boat lightning strike claim for all types of boats and sizes is 0.9 chance per 1,000. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[103,390],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22298"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22301,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22298\/revisions\/22301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}