[C320-list] Thunderstorm tactics

[JJ Morrison]

Only benificial tactic is to get into a bunch of other sailboats with masts taller then yours and then ride it out!! I've been in plenty of lightening storms and when I get really concerned I have a set of heavy gauge jumper cables and I attach them to the shrouds and hang them in the water. Worked so far...
Cheers
JohnM
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> From: cinichols at btinternet.com
> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:03:30 -0400
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Thunderstorm tactics
> 
> 
> Any thoughts on handling the possibility of lightning strike on a c320. 
> Grounding plate fitted as standard given the lead keel?
> 
> Am transiting cape cod canal today and they say a high prob of t-storms given the heat.
> 
> 
> Chris Nichols
> 
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 6:56 AM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> 
> > It hardly moves at all. Maybe 1/8" total. Ours were quite stiff to operate. 
> > 
> > Pull and push hard and it will click loudly into position.
> > 
> > Yea, feels like you're going to pull it apart and that's normal for this switch.
> > 
> > -jeff
> > 2001 #809 
> > 
> > bairdrjb at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > Need some guidance on how to operate the Anchor Windlass Switch located on the battery panel, starboard side. It is a push/pull on-off switch. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not sure how far to push or pull that red knob and I don't want to break it. 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > Bob Baird
> > Star Dust, 2001
> > Hull 784
> > Whitehall, Michigan
> >