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Originally Posted by SteamWake
The big problem with carbon composite masts is that they can and will conduct electricity... Ill leave the rest for you to figure out.  |
the masts are electrically isolated from the rest of the hull. Its basicaly a lightning rod by itself, connnected to the keel which directs the power into the sea and not the boat. and there's an outer coating of some chemicals, which I am not paid to know about, that also insulates the composite from any power sources
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Yes, but that electricity is power that can be harnessed and used to keep batteries recharged for those days when the sail can't be hoisted. Beats, sitting dead in the water anyways!
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the batteries themselves would need a seperate boat to carry them, to store that much power, if you had lightning in mind