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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Sun Jan 09 2005 - 19:44:01 EST
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:08:38 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Rosalie B. wrote:
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>> Bob did it and used aluminum rivets. The mast was aluminum and the
>> steps were aluminum. He says don't drill any farther than just
>> through the mast.
>
>FWIW, stainless rivets are several times stronger than aluminum. Of course,
>they're also significantly more expensive and more difficult to install.
>It's easy to insulate them from the aluminum mast and the steps...a little
>dab of silicone caulk will do the trick.
>
Yes stainless are stronger, but aluminum is strong enough. PS did a
study and they said you only had to install 2 of the three
attachments. He didn't want the corrosion possibilities.
>I installed my steps with aluminum rivets, but have replaced several with
>stainless. No corrosion problems in over ten years.
>
>> He said he thought our cables were enclosed in
>> conduit, but they were not.
>
>That's a problem waiting to happen. The cables that are supported by their
>own weight will stretch and eventually fail. Not to mention that they'll
>slap against the interior of the mast and cause a god-awful racket.
What was done, at least in some of the boats was that the mast
interior was filled with foam. Some friends with the same mfg. boat
were going to redo the interior of the mast and they decided once they
began to do it, that it was better to leave it alone. They do rattle
a bit sometimes, but mostly it is the external lines and halyards that
cause a problem.
In any case, the boat is 26 years old.
grandma Rosalie
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