featherweight armour options and guages newbuild!

[Ocracoke]

From what I've read, Grade 2 Ti should be OK. It'll be marginally lighter than Aluminium at any rate but only marginally harder as well. Grade 5 is probably preferable. I use that in my MW's (and the rebuild of my FW's) axe gearboxes as I've got a nasty history of twisting steel shafts... admittedly at silly thin thicknesses.