People need to be less concerned about getting hurt or dying. Its gonna happen no matter what. If you are of the type of person that is intelligent enough to sail your boat into a powerline, or sail in conditions that you may get struck with lightning, then maybe you shouldn't be sailing, and maybe just maybe you deserved your fate. Our society is too keyed to the lowest common denominator. what ever happened to Darwinism? There is almost 8 billion people on the planet, these things are bound to happen statistically no matter what. My view on the comp-tip is that its an uneccesary item. It screws with the bend of the mast, adds another joint to introduce possible failure, and wieghs more. Not much I know but every bit of weight savings up high helps. I'm done ranting, sorry.