| Author | Message | ||
     Jeff Roy (Jeffr) Rating: N/A |
If it weren't for sacrificial zincs there would be plenty of broken prop shafts. I like to avoid using dissimilar metals whenever possible. SS does corrode when underwater there is no way around it. While SS is an excelenet material it is not perfect. I only removed tha floor under the mast step, The others all seem to be in pretty good shape. If I notice a lot of flexing this season I may use your suggestion to stiffen up the hull around the 2 sets of double bolts. They seem to be providing the most resitance to keel flexing. Did you rebuild one of these boats? It would have been great to have had your input when I started the whole project. Things are all pretty wrapped up for this season's project. Time will tell how effective I was. I expect things will prove to be pretty solid. |
