I'm with you, Ebb. The sailboat electric doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. No ground plate on Noeta and I s'pose if the lightning strikes it'll blow the thru hulls through the hull.

From all I can gather you gotta have (if desired) 2 separate systems. One purely for electrical generation and consumption and if desired one system for lightning strike protection....(or attraction as some might argue..);p