Baggywrinkle: - chafing gear made from old ropes
Baggywrinkle is the "scruffy-looking
padding used on shrouds to prevent chafing. chafe against the spreaders
or shrouds, wearing away the sail to the point where it could rip in a
big blow.
All you need is a ball of
marline and some old rope. Middle a twelve foot piece of marline , hook
it over a nail in your work area and secure the bitter ends about a foot
apart. Now chop up any rope you have into piece of about 6".
Careful separate the pieces into strands. Now placesa strand
crosswise underneath the marlin bring each end up and over though the
center as shown. Now grasp both end of the rope strand and pull them
towards the nail. Each strand is jammed close to the proceeding one.
When you have made enough trim the strands to an equal length. It is
applied to rigging by seizing the end in position and winding it
spiraling the desired distance
Bob from Schooner Madeline making baggywrinkle Aug
2001
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Baggywrinkles on the schooner
Madeline
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Illustration and copy modified from The Marlinspike
Sailor for information on Dover latest copy click below;
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Hervey Garrett Smith was the foremost marine
illustrator of the 1950s and 1960s, and his wonderful drawings
of traditional ropework quickly propelled The Marlinspike
Sailor to cult classic status when it was published in
1956. With the addition of a section on modern, synthetic rope
in the 1970s, its popularity has continued undiminished to
this day. It teaches a few basic knots--the bowline, sheet
bend, and rolling hitch, among others--and splices in
three-strand and braided rope. But its real business is
decorative rope and canvaswork--the traditional arts of the
sailor--and here it has no equal. For a rope mat, a rope
ladder, a sea chest, a ditty bag, a canvas bucket, a mast
boot, and the best-looking rope fenders or heaving line in the
marina, this is the book of choice.
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