Topic: SS or Al Rivets?

Which is preferred, aluminum or stainless rivets, for reattaching stainless sail track to an aluminum mast?

Re: SS or Al Rivets?

If the aluminum ones are strong enough then the only issue is galvanic corrosion. I just had the SS vang bracket rip off my aluminum boom. The aluminum rivets corroded. It took 30 years. So its not a big issue. The aluminum will corrode, not the SS. It is easier to replace corroded aluminum rivets than having to replace the SS rivets with larger ones because the holes in the mast have corroded out to a larger diameter.