[LT] No-steel-pocalypse! Lifespan of iron & steel equipment?

[Nereidalbel]

Originally Posted by WingedKagouti

Which could have a noticable impact on ships and long distance sailing. If ship construction is similar to real world TL3-4, there should be a decent amount of nails being used to hold them together. This would make sea travel more expensive and dangerous, do you really want to risk a week or two on a ship that may not have been properly maintained? Or do you go with an unproven concept that may fall apart in a strong breeze? Or can you reach your destination by land, even if that would take longer than by ship?

At least until some non-iron/steel using way of building long distance cargo holding ships has been discovered. But until then, most trade and travel will probably be across land with shorter trips to cross unavoidable water.

Any civilization that relies heavily on sailing could easily fall apart entirely.

Eh, there's decent evidence of trans-Atlantic travel well before steel became a thing. Non-iron nails can do their job with a decent amount of corrosion, but, iron swords and armor will become useless in short order.