Lightning and Boats

Ewen M. Thomson

                                           Photo by E. Thomson 

 

   Dr. Thomson is no longer employed by the University of Florida.  As a service to the boating community, the University of Florida  is continuing to post the following pages.  However, since this material  is at least ten years old and it may be dated.   New research in this area is not reported here.  If you wish to contact Dr. Thomson, please email him  here
 
 

Summary of Menu items

Protection video  This 23 minute video, "Lightning & Sailboats", explains the physical principals of  protection.
Sea Grant pamphlet   A pamphlet written for the layman dealing with the concepts covered in the protection video.
IEEE article   A technical article addressing problems that existed in the pre-1992 version of  the US lightning protection code for boats.