Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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For over four months, I have been working on a new lightning protection system. I am still learning, but with spring arriving, it's time to get back to boat work.

In this video, I talk about what I've been learning, and give hints at what will be coming as the lightning protection system and the associated paper takes shape.

-=] Patreon:
- patreon.com/c/TheDigitalMermaid

-=] Channels that have Helped Me;
* @ProjectBrupeg
* @OffGridGarageAustralia
* @AcornToArabella
* @BillCarlson

-=] References;
ABYC - American Boat & Yacht Council
- abycinc.org/about
Shakespeare Phase III - 6400-R (3dB
- shakespeare-marine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6400-R.pdf
Chris Boden - @Physicsduck
- youtube.com/@Physicsduck
IIHS - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- iihs.org/about
Matt From 103 - @mattfrom103
- youtube.com/@mattfrom103

-=] Chapters;
0:00 - An Innocent Question
0:39 - TE-4 and the Rolling Sphere Model Area of Protection
1:29 - Original Lightning Ground Plan
2:54 - The In-Progress Papers and the Approach of Spring
6:01 - Where's Your Sources?
6:49 - What's Wrong With TE-4? Nothing, but...
8:14 - Who is ABYC Targeting? Most Sailors, But Not All
10:16 - How Real is the Risk?
12:06 - Saving the Vessel is Saving the Humans Offshore
13:27 - So What's The Goal?
14:33 - What Coming Next?15:33 - Building A Stonking Capacitor Bridge
18:10 - Lightning Physics Is Flipping Awesome!
19:24 - NMEA2000 and PGN Parsing and Generation