After seeing 2 different people killed by lightning personally ( one on a softball field while I was watching the game. The other one was someone in a tent at a small campground I was camping at ) I have a great respect for the power of it. My wife thinks it funny how nervous I get anytime lightning gets close to where I am. She can laugh all she wants – I am going to do what I need to to stay alive JACK !!!! In this case I would have beached that boat so far up the nearest bank that it would take a barge pusher to pull that boat back into the water