LIGHTNING GROUNDING STRIP

OF ALL THE THINGS I MAKE DISCLAIMERS ABOUT THIS ONE IS THE STRONGEST. I IN NO WAY KNOW THAT THIS IS THE CORRECT THING TO DO!!!!!!!
That said, I will say I have read a lot of articles and data - and many of them present conflicting views as well. Like "bleeding off charge" to prevent strikes, like strikes cannot be prevented and the lightning rod attracts lightning.........it goes on and on and on. A particular scary aspect is the tendency off lightning to arc in unexpected paths, like through people and expensive equipment. You can spend an incredible amount of money trying to high tech your way out of lightning damage to pricey instruments and communication. But I am a KISS advocate, just trying to get his boat in the water.
So I took a somewhat intuitive approach based on the idea that lightning will PROBABLY take the most direct path (least resistance) to ground, which in our case is the water. WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN FIGURE OUT THAT PATH IS ANOTHER MATTER. So my intent was to create what I thought was the most direct path to the water, and encourage the lightning not to deviate from that path. A 5/8" sharpened copper rod at top of main mounted on fiberglassed (insulated) right angle brackets bolted to the mast head gear. i.e. the rod, and for that matter the whole grounding system, is isolated from the standing rigging. MANY PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH THIS APPROACH. IF THE LIGHTNING JUMPS OFF PATH TO THE RIGGING IT CAN BLOW A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE BOAT!!!!!!
The copper rod enters grey plastic conduit before it gets to mast top level, and 2 feet lower attaches to a number 4 cable, also in the conduit - ie the system is in plastic conduit all the way down to a 5/8" copper rod that is drifted into the lead keel. If you take a look at the photo, the center of the copper strip is located at the base of the mast. There is ANOTHER identical strip on the other side, so the end of the grounding rod into the lead keel is essentially between the two center silicon bolts that hold the strips on. I am using strips instead of a rectangle or square because some authorities think edges increase the effectiveness of the grounding plate. ONCE AGAIN, I DON'T RECCOMEND ANY OF THIS. IN THE ORIGINAL NEWPORTER SySTEM THE CHAINPLATES WERE GROUNDED WITH COPPER WIRE TO A GROUND IN THE BILGE.
I may be, in the future, convinced that I need to ground the chain plates, which would be easy to do with this system. It is my opinion that there is a lot going on in lightning protection beyond what even the authorities know. I will let you (maybe) if this system strikes out.