Charriot said..
FRANT-An AC ground should not be terminated to the hull, this will effectively make the hull an anode to the earth grid.
should be - an AC ground - jetty - anything around the boat must be grounded
- the same potential is only way to avoid electrolysis.
Sorry chariot, should not connect your hull to earth grid via a cable conductor in an electrolyte unless you want to make your hull the sacrificial anode to the earthing grid. The earthing grid cannot experience a polarisation shift in the negative direction no matter how many electrons are thrown at it Hence will always turn your hull into an anode. A steel hull will see a potential shift of greater (that is more negative) than 300mV when protected by anodes. This will be lost to the earth grid.