Should I rivet old holes in my boom?

[AngusMcDoon]

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[oldmanofthehills]

The usual reason for old masts to fail at fittings when the rigging doesn't is catastrophic galvanic corrosion of the mast hidden by the fitting.

That is just a touch bigger than a rivet hole.

A 6mm rivet hole on the maybe 250mm circumference of 75mm diameter boom is small fry by comparison. Square holes are a slightly worse matter as points of stress failure at the corner

 

[AngusMcDoon]

That is just a touch bigger than a rivet hole.

A 6mm rivet hole on the maybe 250mm circumference of 75mm diameter boom is small fry by comparison. Square holes are a slightly worse matter as points of stress failure at the corner

I know. That's why it's the normal cause of an old mast failing when it fails at a fitting like the gooseneck or spreaders; it's not caused by a rivet hole.