Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 9, 2007, at 6:37 PM, Don wrote wrote: > Even some grades of stainless will not hold up to the sea. I think > that is > one of the things that is most attractive about living with > something so > beautiful and so destructive. > > On 6/9/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >> >> Someone chose the wrong fasteners. >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/harbors/englehard/Rusty- >> Bow.jpg.html> >> <http://tinyurl.com/yuv8pj> >> >> Ric Carter >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies >> Ric, very nice pictures. But Don touched on a subject I know intimately after refastening a 40' wooden boat. Stainless steel fasteners are rarely used on the hulls of wooden boats. First, they are too expensive. Second, they are subject to crevice corrosion if prevented from oxygen exchange with the surrounding water. The preferred fastening material is silicon bronze, or, if you have a lot of money, monel. Most likely the boat in Ric's picture was fastened with galvanized steel nails or bolts. After a while the zinc erodes and the nails rust. Larry Z