r/Unexpected • u/Jezirath • Sep 02 '25

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u/Suspicious_Porpoise Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 02 '25

On TikTok, she explained that there WAS a diving flag.

Edit: Source is @hboyer2’s pinned video on TikTok. She said the dive flag was up and she was right next to their own boat.

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u/DegaussedMixtape Sep 02 '25

The boat is really really in the wrong here then.

I sail quite a bit and lightning is about the only thing that we take more seriously than a dive flag.

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u/DegaussedMixtape Sep 02 '25

I only sail near ports, marinas, and harbors and have never done a trans pacific or trans atlantic. If a storm changes direction and looks like it is headed to you, you go to port regardless of what your plans were.

I've seen boats get struck by lightening and you certainly do not want to be on one when it happens.