I was planning on originally replacing all of spark's hardware with bronze, but in seeing how well the bronze works in contrast with the silvery metal, I like it a lot.
Her spars are done, getting raised today on the trailer to see how they look. Next is running rigging and bending the sails on
impressed with bronze against aluminum
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Re: impressed with bronze against aluminum
Bronze and aluminum don't play well together. Safer using stainless (not perfect) or aluminum screws (depends on loads expected).
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Re: impressed with bronze against aluminum
sadly you are correct. I just do not have time to do anything about it right now. Running out of time. Still looks pretty