[Public-List] cabin sole hatches

[gordon white]

    My boat, /Brigadoon II /(Ex-/Hooligan/) sail # 275, pre-liner, has 
four small hatches in the cabin sole.  Under three of them are the 
batteries. The hatches are wooden with metal edges. I have always 
assumed the metal was stainless steel, but recently I tried to clean 
them up - they were pretty dirty after 46 years, and the silvery 
colorcame off very easily. Had to be a thinchrome or nickleplating. 
Underneath is copper.

     I assume the copper is the usual undercoat of chrome plating. It 
seems a lot thicker than the chrome (if that iswhat it was).

     I don't suppose the base metal is actually copper, as it seems 
stiffer than I think that thickness of copper would be (.045)   Is the 
metal actually plated steel? Bronze? A copper alloy? I see a certain 
amount of green corrosion but no rust.

  - Gordon White, /Brigadoon II


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