"NOYB" wrote in message news:LpWdnVy8Qq-xoiDdRVn-
...and replace bow rails and deck hardware with 316 stainless...and replace
plastic through-hulls with bronze

Of course, so you can have that electrolytic action going for you, so
that you can replace those fittings every couple of years. Why would
you use plastic, that lasts for years and years. It's 2004, synthetic
materials are a great thing.
and restitch with doubled up Gore-tex stitching...

What to HELL is Gore-Tex stitching???