Steve Cramer wrote: > Hmmm. A couple of days ago, Ralph was advising keeping your tent poles > with aluminium ferrules in a waterproof bag to prevent corrosion from sea > water and sea air. Now folks are putting aluminum footpeg rails in. > Actually, I think prijon boats come with them. I don't know much about > aluminum, but is there an inconsistency here? I don't think that there is an inconsistency. The tolerances are much tighter for tent pole ferrules. Even a small bit of corrosion can adversely affect their performance. My aluminum foot peg rails have some corrosion, but not enough to affect their performance. I suppose that given enough time this could become a problem, and thus they might at some point require replacement. In the meantime I can apply a lot of pressure without worrying about them blowing out (unlike the plastic rails). Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jan 24 1999 - 07:25:52 PST
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