Strikeshield Lightning Protection Systems for Sailboats

Strikeshield is the flagship Lightning Protection System for Sailboats and Catamarans invented, tested, patented and sold by SEYLA Marine inc. of Montreal, Quebec CANADA. It is the only LPS for Sailing vessels ever so extensively tested in a high energy test facility. It is an add-on product that meets and surpasses current international lightning protection standards for sailing vessels.

Strikeshield Lightning Protection Systems for Sailboats — by SEYLA Marine — last modified Jan 10, 2008 07:18 AM

Strikeshield is the fastest selling Lightning Protection System for Sailboats and Catamarans in the world. It offers a solution to a problem that has long been plaguing sailors the world over with the troublesome question of protecting their sailboats from the ravages of lightning. Strikeshield is an add-on system that quickly attaches to the aluminum mast of the sailboat and immediately creates a lightning capable ground to protect the vessel. It is the result of assiduous research and rigorous engineering to meet and exceed existing lightning protection standards for sailing vessels.

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Strikeshield systems are the only after-market add-on lightning protection systems for sailboats and catamarans on the market. With Strikeshield, there is no need to worry about the cost of a complete and retrofit to ensure proper lightning protection for your sailboat or catamaran. We designed and engineered the Strikeshield Systems to help bridge the gap that exists between un-protected sailboats and the lack of readily available efficient protection against lightning. When lightning strikes the mast of a Strikeshield equipped sailboat, the immense energy pulse entering the mast is immediately grounded in the water surrounding the boat. Strikeshield quickly creates a reliable lightning protection ground from the mast of the sailboat to the water. All Strikeshield systems have been designed to comply and exceed the ABYC's Standard E-4 on lightning protection . Strikeshield, the most reliable and fastest selling after-market Lightning Protection System for Sailboats and Catamarans.

Lightning Information — by SEYLA Marine — last modified Dec 28, 2007 06:52 PM

Lightning is one of the least understood of all natural phenomena. it is unpredictable and no one can estimate how much damage it might cause. We should understand, however, that lightning can be conducted to ground if there is a low-resistance ground path for it to follow. This is what Strikeshield is all about. Lightning is basically an immense electrical discharge that neutralizes one electrical potential with an equal opposite charge. Most often it is a discharge within the storm clouds but can also be a discharge between the clouds and the earth. The clouds act like large storage batteries that have enough energy to generate an electrical arc that can be miles in length and reach the ground. As a cloud that is negatively charged moves over the earth it causes the ground to take on a positive charge. The closer the object is, the more it gathers an opposite charge and the more intense is the electrical field around it. Tall objects such as sailboat masts on the water likely offer a very concentrated charge accumulation.

Grounding Concepts — by SEYLA Marine — last modified Dec 27, 2007 04:40 PM

An adequate ground is specified by ABYC as a conductor plate having a minimum surface area of 144 square inches. Our research has shown, however, that it is not the plate surface that is important but the bulk of the plate and the amount of edges and points it has. Electrical energy will contact water more easily through edges and points than the surface.

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