Treating galvanized standing rigging - linseed oil?

[orchidius]

Hey Brion,

Thanks so much for taking the time to respond to my question! I got the idea for galvanized rigging from "the apprentice", and have had to refer to it many times since trying to explain to fellow yachties that I've not gone mad choosing for galvanized over shiny SS .

I can't really remember reading anything about a recipe in the apprentice, other than the guide on worm, parcel and serving. Do you know by any chance what chapter/part the recipe can be found in?

Lastly, ever since getting the first quotes on galvanized wire and its terminals, I've been stuck with a question. Even though I was eventually able to source the right galvanized wire construction at a decent price (like you mentioned in the book, about a third of the cost of SS), the fitting of thimbles/crimps/... made the final price of the entire rig only a few 100$ cheaper than the cheapest quote I got for SS with swaged fittings (the guy wouldn't disclose where his wire came from though). It's money saved, but in the scope of the entire restauration not all that much. I stand by my choice for galv wire, but the financial benefit seems to have evaporated along the way a little... Would you still choose galv over SS considering this?