Silver Fox
Growing old, not up
Hello all
Been lurking for a while, first time posting and I hope someone can help / advise me. I just bought a Laser with a hull number of 149xxx which puts it in the 25 or so years old range. I believe the spars are probably of the same vintage; on the mast at the gooseneck and vang plate (?) there is some corrosion due to stainless steel and aluminium being dis-similar metals. The mast is quite pitted at the corners of the fittings and I can't say what it looks like underneath them.
My question is should I drill out the rivets and replace the fittings directly opposite where they were originally ? (i.e. spin the mast 180 degrees ?) Depending on the damage, can I treat and fill the corrosion also ? What brands of fillers/treatments/rivets should I look for ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
BL
Been lurking for a while, first time posting and I hope someone can help / advise me. I just bought a Laser with a hull number of 149xxx which puts it in the 25 or so years old range. I believe the spars are probably of the same vintage; on the mast at the gooseneck and vang plate (?) there is some corrosion due to stainless steel and aluminium being dis-similar metals. The mast is quite pitted at the corners of the fittings and I can't say what it looks like underneath them.
My question is should I drill out the rivets and replace the fittings directly opposite where they were originally ? (i.e. spin the mast 180 degrees ?) Depending on the damage, can I treat and fill the corrosion also ? What brands of fillers/treatments/rivets should I look for ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
BL