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GrumpySmurf
GrumpySmurf
WA
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26 Nov 2014 5:18pm
Is it safe to windsurf in this thunderstorm?
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
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26 Nov 2014 9:18pm
yes, go for it.
It is safe to stand out in the open in water in a large electrical storm, just wear a pair of rubber reef booties and you'll be good
Zachery
Zachery
597 posts
597 posts
26 Nov 2014 6:46pm
Errrrr what do you normally associate with thunder? The resulting strike will wipe all your upstairs navigation system and best case scenioro is being supplied your meals thru a tube, but yep all good go for it!
Carantoc
Carantoc
WA
7298 posts
WA, 7298 posts
26 Nov 2014 7:15pm
lotofwind said..
yes, go for it.
It is safe to stand out in the open in water in a large electrical storm, just wear a pair of rubber reef booties and you'll be good



I would listen to lotofwind if I were you, I think he might be talking from experience.

I think he may have tried just what he suggested and got hit by lightening, but the boots saved him - look, he is still perfectly normal.

Perhaps Macroscienc tried sailing his solar power cat in a lightening storm once as well. Who knows ?



MikeyS
MikeyS
VIC
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VIC, 1509 posts
26 Nov 2014 11:43pm
Well, son, I don't know much about those windsurfer thinggies, but it is certainly most interesting to fly a kite in a thunderstorm.
B. Franklin
jn1
jn1
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26 Nov 2014 11:49pm


clarence
clarence
TAS
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27 Nov 2014 12:31am
Only if you are sailing near a clock tower on a delorean board with a flux capacitor. Guaranteed to hit 88 knots.

Clarence
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
26 Nov 2014 11:38pm
Yeah no problems although you may not get a chance to ask stupid question no. 2
GrumpySmurf
GrumpySmurf
WA
230 posts
WA, 230 posts
27 Nov 2014 12:11am
Cheers for the laugh.
MikeyS
MikeyS
VIC
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27 Nov 2014 8:45am
sausage said..
Yeah no problems although you may not get a chance to ask stupid question no. 2


Unless stupid question no. 2 is "Whoa. WTF was that?"
MikeyS
MikeyS
VIC
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27 Nov 2014 12:10pm
Have a look across as SweetChariot's recent experience in the Sailing forum. www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Sailing/General/Struck-by-lightning-this-afternoon-in-Botany-Bay/

Guaranteed to blow all the fuses on your sailboard. Blowing a fuse in your synoatrial node (the thing that sets your heart rate) more of an issue.
PKenny
PKenny
SA
242 posts
SA, 242 posts
27 Nov 2014 9:21pm
A Darwin Award would be in order.
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
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NSW, 6451 posts
27 Nov 2014 11:35pm
GrumpySmurf said..
Is it safe to windsurf in this thunderstorm?



With questions like that,
I think maybe you are ready to start progressing on to kiting grasshopper.
ABCELMO
ABCELMO
104 posts
104 posts
27 Nov 2014 9:17pm
Ah, could have a similar effect to this --

da vecta
da vecta
QLD
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28 Nov 2014 12:08am
sausage said...
Yeah no problems although you may not get a chance to ask stupid question no. 2


He he, Ha ha
Hooksey
Hooksey
WA
558 posts
WA, 558 posts
27 Nov 2014 11:00pm

Did u check www.just****inggoogleit.com ?



sboardcrazy
sboardcrazy
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NSW, 8351 posts
28 Nov 2014 9:46am
jn1 said..




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