Tena koe,
how do you assess the risk of a lightning strike at sea; which precautions have you taken; and have you actually had any such experiences during any voyage ?

Thx & Best regards

Yes! There is trully indeed a most important need for "ANSWERS"to: 'Questions & Theories' (possible answers for the "given" individual situation)- that we encourage to be readily addressed-OK. The un-known factors that arise from electrical phenomenona at sea (both from the heavens above and the deep-deep depths of the "indigo blue" below is allways and alltimes, while also with all circumstances,at "best" only "Preventive Measures"! It is only by the
Grace of God that we "Mariners and Wayfinders" {Oceanic Seafarers} are given the "free-pass" when potentially encountering "Lightning at Sea"/Waterspots/"lights-from-the-bottom"/Hurricane-Thyphoons/Mosoons ect. ect. the "Un-Known Factor is beyond our human capacity to understand or even have knowledge of! ONLY Our Lord of Divine Goodness will save us in such unpredictable senarios... Yes! "I do" encourage "All" to participate with a future "Ho'o Mana'o"- [a Christ-Like "THINK-TANK"]; to "Lokahi" and possibly create a future "Collective-Crew-Pool" (Gobally) to "kokua" & "malama" potential future answers to such "Most Important Questions"- as "Lightning at Sea". As the "One Ocean One People" Dreams and Visions begin to perpetuate, especially as the "Possibility of a future "DREAM" of Full-Complement of "Flotilla" of "Oceania/Asia Pacifica" na Wa'a Kaula & Vaka Taurua to: CIR-CUMNAVIGATE (non-instrument/without modern escort vessels) "spot-on-target"/'pin-point "Wayfinding": Yes! to simply "Sail-On"! (safely,sufficently,swiftly)-Excuse please, "For the Record"- the na haumana of the Friendly Isle of Molokai came up with this "additude" and "concept" in 1993-94: these most "gifted and talented Students call their discovery and properly configurations as: "Pure-High-Tech" {all is "pono", all is in harmony and balance... Yes indeed, to simply Sail-West and "Circumnavigate the Globe" and arrive back to "Rarotonga" and "Hawaii" from where the original "Mana'o" was birthed-ok... "Talk-Story with Masters: "Wayfinder" and "Grande Sailing Master", "sir" Tua Pittmann, from the Cook Islands, and "Master Navigator/Captain/Trustee" Nainoa Thompson? Ask them about the "Questions" and theories to be put to the test... Mahalo plenty for the opprotunity to "share & care" my "heart" and "mind" for "dreams" and "visions" upon/within/thru the "Legacy of our Childerns"- potential "Seafaring" &"Wayfaring" Future... Me Ke Aloha Pumehana "Shin'ichi "Iruka" (aka Jais' M. Car'ee) SAITOH. P.S. Excuse this simple, yet most peculiar "BeachBoy/Sailing-Man" "I do" look-foward to the "Possibility in creating the future of a "win-win" THINK-TANK for the "Dynamic-Screaming-Fun"- "JOYFULL-SAILING" awesome training activities of "AMA-raning"- "Ama-raning is defined as:(the "Free-Ride-from-Nature utilizing the "free gifts from the Creator" with propulsion upon/within/thru Kites/Wings/Foils- usually the best "Configuration" and "Concepts" are the Katamaran/Catamaran. Anyone and Everyone (Man,Woman, or Child intrested to "Aha kukakuka"/ "ho'o mana'o", Please contact us asap... mahalo & Thanks Again "iruka"/jais'...