[Public-List] Sail track rivets on mast

[Gordon Laco]

I'm a believer in tapping in SS machine screws.... But monel rivets, if you
can find them, would be very good too.

Gord #426 Surprise


On 26/03/12 12:44 PM, "Jeffrey" <alberg30nh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I need to do something about the main sail track. I know many of the rivets
> are bad, last season we kept finding rivets heads on the deck!
> 
> I've read through past messages in the list archives to see what others
> have done. I can't decide between hunting down monel rivets, tapping for SS
> machine screws or just keeping replacing aluminum with aluminum.  I like
> the idea of ss machine screws but I'm concerned about corrosion even with
> the use of products like TefGel.
> 
> Has there been some newly formed consensus on the subject? Anyone go the
> machine screw route and find it became a problem due to corrosion of the
> threads in the aluminum holes?
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> Jeff Fongemie
> #116 Seagrass
> 
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