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On Saturday, May 18, 2019, Ensign Sailing Forum <ensignsailing@ensignclass.com> wrote:
What does nbsp stand for? 



On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 22:51 Ensign Sailing Forum <ensignsailing@ensignclass.com> wrote:



 This was very helpful. &nbsp;Thanks a lot!

 On May 17, 2019, at 8:57 PM, Ensign Sailing Forum <ensignsailing@ensignclass.com> wrote:
 For that hull number. That was a manufacture grounding system. Any grounding wires must go out to the water. We used thru Hull bronze drain plugs or a grounding plate but we went from the mast step to the drain plug. To the mast doesn’t do anything. Pearson used the bronze head thru hulls. Everyone that races removes those compromising the grounding system. The idea is to ground the charge so it goes somewhere else. If you do get struck it’s a good chance it might blow out the thru Hull so make sure you put it in a location you can get to. I’ve seen lightning strikes from discoloration or burnt electrical systems to melted fiberglass causing major damage or sinkings.


Zeke.
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 16:42 Ensign Sailing Forum <ensignsailing@ensignclass.com> wrote:



  I recently acquired #1331 and am applying a lot of TLC to get the boat back in good shape. While cleaning/painting the cuddy cabin, I noticed two wires protruding from the port seat area, just cut off. I can also see what appears to be grounding wires attached to the chainplates for the two upper stays and the backstay. Should these wires be grounded to the mast step? Are they a factory item or were they installed by some earlier owner? I ask because some decades ago, while standing under a covered deck with an adult beverage, I watched a lightning storm pass through our anchorage and saw a direct strike on another great Alberg design, the Sea Sprite. Nothing happened for a moment except smoke, but then the boat sank in about five minutes. Any thoughts?



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 Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant
 Graduate School of Oceanography
 University of Rhode Island
 Narragansett, Rhode Island
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This was very helpful. &nbsp;Thanks a lot!

On May 17, 2019, at 8:57 PM, Ensign Sailing Forum <ensignsailing@ensignclass.com> wrote:
For that hull number. That was a manufacture grounding system. Any grounding wires must go out to the water. We used thru Hull bronze drain plugs or a grounding plate but we went from the mast step to the drain plug. To the mast doesn’t do anything. Pearson used the bronze head thru hulls. Everyone that races removes those compromising the grounding system. The idea is to ground the charge so it goes somewhere else. If you do get struck it’s a good chance it might blow out the thru Hull so make sure you put it in a location you can get to. I’ve seen lightning strikes from discoloration or burnt electrical systems to melted fiberglass causing major damage or sinkings.


Zeke.
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 16:42 Ensign Sailing Forum <ensignsailing@ensignclass.com> wrote:



 I recently acquired #1331 and am applying a lot of TLC to get the boat back in good shape. While cleaning/painting the cuddy cabin, I noticed two wires protruding from the port seat area, just cut off. I can also see what appears to be grounding wires attached to the chainplates for the two upper stays and the backstay. Should these wires be grounded to the mast step? Are they a factory item or were they installed by some earlier owner? I ask because some decades ago, while standing under a covered deck with an adult beverage, I watched a lightning storm pass through our anchorage and saw a direct strike on another great Alberg design, the Sea Sprite. Nothing happened for a moment except smoke, but then the boat sank in about five minutes. Any thoughts?



 Professor Dennis Nixon
Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant
Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett, Rhode Island
401-874-6802

I recently acquired #1331 and am applying a lot of TLC to get the boat back in good shape. While cleaning/painting the cuddy cabin, I noticed two wires protruding from the port seat area, just cut off. I can also see what appears to be grounding wires attached to the chainplates for the two upper stays and the backstay.  Should these wires be grounded to the mast step?  Are they a factory item or were they installed by some earlier owner?  I ask because some decades ago, while standing under a covered deck with an adult beverage, I watched a lightning storm pass through our anchorage and saw a direct strike on another great Alberg design, the Sea Sprite.  Nothing happened for a moment except smoke, but then the boat sank in about five minutes. Any thoughts?