On 01/12/2011 02:24 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I presume your PDQ36 is a fiberglass boat. > > I find it hard to believe the seacock in your ac cooling system was bronze. > I suspect it was brass, and poor quality brass at that. Brass is subject > to "de-zincification" in seawater turning into sponge copper. > > I have had no discernable disintergration on any of the many W-C bronze > seacocks on my vessel. > > > The only thing still standing on the bridge of the Titanic is the bronze > steering station. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek FL > N30 07.68 W081 38.47 > Used to be that Naval Brass was the standard. It's supposed to be highly resistant to salt water and superior to bronze. Has that changed?
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