Both Baly and my neighbours boat suffered some damage in a severe electrical storm recently. The lightning and thunder were simultaneous so I thought the strike must have been close. I checked the power and wiring and it was ok so we didn’t get a direct strike but on closer examination the Raymarine autopilot and Speed/Depth were not working. Further inspection has shown the shore power battery charger to be damaged and also the portable VHF radio. In some ways I would have preferred the incident to have occurred two years ago before I fitted a new autopilot prior to sailing around Australia.