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Stainless wire on sail boat - corrosion due to salt water

316? SS wires used as stays on sail boat are corroding due to salt water - 8 years in the Caribbean - what now to mitigate, stop the corrosion and repair multi-stranded wire to like new condition?

Andy McCann
Mechanical Engineer - Portland, Oregon, USA
2007

If your wires are rusted on the outside, consider what the state inside is probably like. The way to get them to as-new condition is to replace them.

Boat; A hole in the water surrounded by wood into which you pour money.

Geoff Smith
Hampshire, England
2007

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