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From what I understand, due to the difference in tensile strength, the stainless steel arches are usually fairly comparable in weight to the aluminum ones, which have to be larger and heavier to have the same strength. A few other points... 1) Aluminum is harder to repair, as welding it is more difficult to do; 2) Aluminum is subject to galvanic corrosion if you have any stainless fittings attached to it; 3) Aluminum is much more susceptible to fatigue than is stainless steel...
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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