A drunkin sailor is a crazy sailor
I drank enough kick a poo joy juice that evening. My wife screamed at me for not going to the horsepital. Tis fine now. Ric, your comments were funny. You made my day. You asked a good question. The 240 has a wire that is bolted to the mast step and attached to the top plate underneath the compression post area (under the cover). The plate I am referencing to is the one that you will find the large bolt on top. That bolt is screwed into a stainless steel plate that holds the centerboard in place. The plate is in contact with the water. Any static is dispersed through the plate. The 260 mast step is screwed onto the stailess steel compression post/plate which sits on the plate underneath the compression post area. Any static is dispersed the same as the 240. The 212 has a wire from the mast to a point on the centerboard houseing to disperse static electricty. Oftern, electrical strikes are spoken about but the incidence is rare. It is unusal for a strike to hit a boat direct. I have found if close to shore, it will hit most the time trees and then disapate into the water. The boats that took damage as a result of a strike came from a strike hitting the water and dissapating into the boat. One thing I like about Hunter is they put a large fuse(300 amp) between the battery and the electrical panel for protection which is usually found near the end on the postive wire that attaches to the battery on the trailerables for example 240 & 260. Getting back to damage could be replacing electronics, thru hulls and so forth. Although there are devices to detract lightning strikes, an old salty dog who was an electrical engineer said if a lightning bolt ever did strike a boat, you would need a rather large cable bigger than your body to divert the strike and even with that it would blow a hole in the boat. Some may disagree. The wiring on the Hunters does get rid of static but a direct hit no but again a direct hit is so rare that I have never seen a boat afterwards. The ones I am familiar with are those which took current through the water. I aint no elecltrical engineer but can only speak from experience. I hope this helps you. Crazy fart blossom Dave Condon
