Never knew that they had used aluminum bolts. Certainly something to watch out for. I can't imagine wanting aluminum bolts on anything that doesn't fly. Bound to cause trouble eventually.
The shroud tang through bolt at the spreaders on my boat is stainless. Steve Thomas 1978 C&C27 MKIII -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com]On Behalf Of David Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 3:07 PM To: w...@wbryant.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List wire halyards Interestingly, I was talking to people at NE Rigging Systems in Concord, MA just yesterday about replacing the rod on my 1983 C&C35 MK III and they told me about this issue. Apparently C&C changed from aluminum through bolts (through the mast holding the rod connection fittings) in the late 80's to SST through bolts because the internal wire halyards would cut through the aluminum bolts over time. They just did a C&C 40 and found that the aluminum bolts were almost completely cut through. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
