There's "conductive" and then there's "conductive". Everything will conduct electricity if there's enough voltage.
Was the 18 hull damp? Salt water? Salt water is a conductor.
No, fresh water.
Well, both boats were sitting on the edge of the lake. Mine, the 16 might have even had part of a hull in the water, but the 18 was on PVC skids as I remember.
At one point, we got an arc of about 4" from the 18. We basically had all gathered around the loonytoon that was willing to actually grab the boat until the hair on his head was all but standing straight up. When he let go, it arched straight to his privates,<img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> almost knocked him down.
Sam
