The lightning bolt, which was captured on camera from a distance, has destroyed almost all of the boat’s electrical equipment
A retired British couple who spent their £50,000 life savings on a yacht are now stranded in the Bahamas after being struck by lightning which fried all of their electrical navigation equipment and now face a race against time to get moving before hurricane season arrives.
Mike said: “I never want to experience anything like that again, at all. It’s really scary at the moment because all the other boats are racing back to the US to get out of the hurricane and tropical storm belt and we’re stuck here. Before braving the Atlantic, the couple decided to put their nautical skills to the test in the Mediterranean. “We had done our skippers ticket and off we went,” he said.
The couple decided to move anchorage after hearing that an electrical storm was headed in their direction. Helen was cooking dinner at around 6.30pm, on March 23 this year, and Mike was reading on his phone in the lounge when a lightning bolt struck their mast. The bolt was captured on video by fellow boaters who were anchored more than 1,000 feet away. “You can’t see our boat but you can see the strike doesn’t actually hit the ground because that’s where it’s hit our mast,” said Mike.
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