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I am rehabbing a 6 meter fiberglass fishing boat whose floor support stringers were all rotten. Can I use aluminum stringers of approximately the same dimensions as the original wood and glass over them?

Unless there is an issue of epoxy adhesion to the metal, it seems to me that the aluminum would be a strong and forever-lasting substitute. All placements are flat.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

I wouldn't use aluminum. It isn't flexible enough and once bent, stays bent.