Struck
My 25.5 Hunter was struck a few years ago. Many of the same isues and more. The main grounding wire from mast to keel was turned intoplasma - only a black streak remained. Every fuse was blown and a number of the main electrical circuit wires were either melted (insulation, that is) or had also become black streaks. The mast top VHS ant was obliterated, but the ant wire survived. My speed log was fried along with one electric water pump and my VHS. Another pump, all lights with my engine wiring and batteries survived. The heat/plasma effect also blew out portions of the teak and holly flooring, knocked cushions everywhere, and melted some plastic swim floats stored under the V berth. The electricity exited the boat around the waterline. That created 10 holes the size of a quarter and thousands of small pin holes. Luckily, the exits were clean and there was no delamination of consequence. Around the exit points (holes) ther were often little branching patterns that indicated the electrical paths. The overall look of thewaterline was what you might expect if someone inside your boat decided to start blasting away at the hull with a shotgun. I would look closely for any hull damage around the waterline - pin hole in size -and any indications of electrical pathways (exits). Another boat close to mine was struck at the same time. He experienced a total burn through of some "packing material" which was used to fill a trunk space over the keel. The keel ended up quite wobbly from lack of support. He also had some indications of heat near his chain plates and a little pitting in the threads of his turnbuckles. Might want to take a close look at these to make sure they were not impacted.
