> I hadn't heard the shark story before; fascinating. But not all alminums > are subject to corrosion in salt water. Indeed, there are many aluminum hulled sailboats cruising the oceans of the world. Last I knew, it was considered an excellent material for a hull, and you see them with no paint or exterior coating. A bit expensive, and one does of course always have to be aware of galvanic corrosion (which arises mostly from the *contact* of certain dissimilar metals with each other in a salt water environment). I also have a small daysailor that has an aluminum rudder, which has performed well since the boat was born in 1978. So far, no shark attacks (knock on fiberglass). Mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 15 2000 - 00:33:08 PDT
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