Lightning & Sailboats

Abstract

Now available online! SGEB-17, a 9-page illustrated bulletin by Ewen M. Thomson, describes the physics of lightning at a layman's level, discusses how a lightning protection system is supposed to work, and explains some of the technical details necessary for the correct installation of a protection system. Published by Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida, July 1992. Reviewed and approved for EDIS July 2006. </jats:p