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Captain's report. I turned off all our electronics for fear of a lightning strike on the Nautilus Explorer. We had a torrential downpour with sheet lightning and water strikes within 5 miles

Post author By Nautilus Staff
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Post date 2012-12-23
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By Nautilus Staff on December 23rd, 2012 in Archive

It is a day of contrasts, last night at Socorro Island we had a torrential downpour with sheet lightning and water strikes within 5 miles and it went on well into the night. I had turned and disconnected all the wheel house electronics on the Nautilus Explorer for fear of a lightning strike… this morning […]