[Public-List] Mast Sail Track Fasteners

[Gordon Laco]

Thanks Mick - I hope we may meet some day.


On 20-Oct-09, at 1:45 PM, Michael Taylor wrote:

> Thanks. I had thought of the corrosion issue - stainless on  
> aluminum.  I have decided to go back the  way it was - aluminum  
> rivets with steel mandrel and I will remove the mandrels as  
> suggested.  Although I would prefer machine screws I should accept  
> that the existing ones have probably been there for 42 years and not  
> once over the past 5 years since I have owned her has the sail track  
> ripped off the mast.  Not a bad average.
>
> ps Gord, that was quite a dilemma you had.  It is a beautiful part  
> of the world.  Nootka Lighthouse is an historic landmark.   
> Thankfully, all west coast light house keepers have a temporary  
> reprieve from the threat of lighthouse automation.  Public pressure  
> on the Federal government was too much but the issue has not gone  
> away.
>
> cheers
>
> Mick
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