[C320-list] Thunderstorm tactics

[wflowe3 at aim.com]

 Very interesting but now I'm more afraid of thunderstorms than I was. 

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Fri, Jul 8, 2011 9:54 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Thunderstorm tactics


Hello,



I put an interesting article on the website from the University of Florida

titled "Lightning & Sailboats".  It's written in easy to understand terms

and is pretty informative.



It's available in PDF file format in the downloadable files section.  It can

be accessed quickly through this link:



http://tinyurl.com/lightningandsailboats



or from its original location:



http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/SG/SG07100.pdf



-Jeff



-----Original Message-----

From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com

[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Christopher

Nichols

Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 7:04 AM

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

>