Reading the December 2008 "Gaffers Log" (the Newsletter of the Old Gaffers Association), I was rather startled to read, in an article on corrosion by a marine surveyor, that stainless steel corrodes in situations where it is deprived of oxygen - a phenomenon referred to as "crevice corrosion". Examples given were stainless steel keel bolts where they pass through the hull, and even plastic covers over standing rigging.
This is presumably not a potential problem which should be of concern in our particular kinds of boat building/maintenance - is it ?! There are several bits of stainless steel "buried" in my boat, where I doubt that they get much oxygen. I would prefer them not to corrode! Should they be dug out and replaced with bronze, for example?
Expert advice, and if possible reassurance, would be much appreciated!
Michael