Hey Sid, Do you want to spend more time sailing or more time rigging? The ones who leave their mast up probably want to sail more than rig. Besides, you are far more likely to have your boat blown over and damaged by a storm than to have it damaged by lightning, so if you want to lose sleep over something, that is the thing to think about! Even augurs put down near the trailer to secure the boat to usually fail in big storms that dump enough rain to soften the ground so that the augurs pull out. Get some insurance - it is very inexpensive and then you can get some sleep! Oh, did I mention the security issue? Make sure your insurance covers theft, too! :-)



Mike Fahle Toledo