"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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How come stainless cable is more than six times as costly as
galvanized, yet nobody uses the galvanized. Stainless the same size
has about 80% of the breaking strength. Galvanized is what they guy
power poles with.

Casady


Duh. Galvanized wire rusts after a season or two in a salt water
environment. (Anchor chain is galvanized and it rusts after a season or
two.) Run bronze hanks up and down a galvanized headstay for a season and
the zinc wears off.

Galvanized rigging is an anachronism.

Wilbur Hubbard