Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Lightning Strike #4
June 3 and its Rumbling Loud at 3 In the Morning. Thunder and Lightning.
June 5 we are headed out Sailing to Galveston for the first stop on our Cruise to Rockport.
" Seatalk Failure" is Blinking on the Autopilot. Maybe we can get it fixed when we get to Galveston.
Chart displays the Map but there is no GPS. Main VHF is intermittent. We use the Hand held.
Turns out we were Hit by Lightning for the fourth time.
Luke Sterling loaned us his hand held Garmin chart plotter. We were On our way to the Shrimp Fest and would not be deterred. The Depth sounder was the only working Item of Electronics.
This time the Inverter was hit and the strike welded the Ground cables to the battery posts.
Today we are waiting for the parts to come back from Raymarine.
The ten day cruise was great. Fine sailing in the ICW and across Matagorda, Aransas and San Antonio bays. See Cruise story elsewhere.
