A monster lightning strike, captured by a Herald reader during yesterday's freak storm, narrowly missed luxury yachts owned by the likes of Nicole Kidman but almost wiped out a yellow sloop moored at Rushcutters Bay.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/blast-what-happened-next/2006/08/16/1155407856094.html
Is that a wooden mast? Coulda acted like a fuse and burned the whole boat down to the water!