What is this seaweed looking stuff that is being wrapped around the lines and what is the purpose?

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FredIsAThing@reddit

Baggywrinkle. My second favorite sailing term after gollywobbler.

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NathanBlutengel@reddit

What are the advantages to a gollywobbler rig?

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FredIsAThing@reddit

Schooner is the rig. Gollywobbler is the big poofy sail. It's for deep reaching in light air.

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overthehillhat@reddit

First time I heard that

60+ yrs ago

I thought it was a joke

or something ---

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wanderinggoat@reddit

ENGLISH just because an American hasn't heard of it doesn't make it only British.

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DiscussionSpider@reddit

No, I mean British. Guy who came up with the term Baggywrinkles was probably named Basil Puddingsnout or something.

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Cambren1@reddit

It was his brother, Nigel. Basil invented bangers and mash.

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CCCCLo0oo0ooo0@reddit

Man I wish people did that with their rigging when I lived on board in a marina for a summer. All night long clank clank clank clank.

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They don’t need these to avoid clank clank clank. They just need to store their halyards properly (away from the mast and spreaders) when they are docked. I can’t understand why people who seldom visit their boats in winter don’t take care of that. They piss their neighbours off and wear their halyards down.

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CCCCLo0oo0ooo0@reddit

Yeah in a nice marinia with many new Swan's and such, 50-80ft, all fancy yacht club members, and it sounds like every single boat is clanking.

I got used to it for the most part, but when you were sick or hungover it was terrible.

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Fun-Traffic3180@reddit

Yup. I used to know the word in Danish and it was just as silly

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Firm_Objective_2661@reddit

Don’t believe this guy. It’s to keep them warm at night.

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wanderinggoat@reddit

this is right , I call my wife baggywrinkle because she keeps me warm at night.

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flyingron@reddit

A woman should provide shade in the summer and warmth in the winter.

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fluoruranus@reddit

You call her that, she'll provide shade all year round 😏

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CaptainPhoton589@reddit

It’s always shady 6 feet under…

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Panem-et-circenses25@reddit

How can she keep you warm when you’re on the couch after calling her that?

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Cyber0s@reddit

because he gets his own blanket...

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oga_ogbeni@reddit

I also call this guy's wife a baggywrinkle

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MTonmyMind@reddit

I also sleep on this guy’s wife’s couch.

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wanderinggoat@reddit

so you're the one who is putting the wrinkles in my bag?

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oga_ogbeni@reddit

Always have been

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wanderinggoat@reddit

ah well, it keeps her off the streets so it cant be bad

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BloodyRightToe@reddit

Friggen in the Rigging

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wanderinggoat@reddit

don't want any chaffing!

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Firm_Objective_2661@reddit

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Sockm0nkey@reddit

I had a lengthy yarn I’d spin to our passengers about them being “sea hamsters.”

“Well, sometimes in heavy swells some seaweed will splash up on the stays and get caught. Over time it constricts and starts to grow. We clean it off every so often since it starts to weaken the steel. You know, sea hamsters are fascinating creatures. Did you know they’re actually colonial organisms?”

By the end of the sail I’d often hear guests explaining “sea hamsters” to the other passengers.

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HokusTokus@reddit

Warm wrinkly bags stop chaffing. Got it

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Naive_Adeptness6895@reddit

You use it inside your shorts to keep your fat thighs from rubbing together and starting a fire.

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thebemusedmuse@reddit

Can I put some between my legs?

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nshfire@reddit (OP)

Chafe on the rope or sails? I don’t know anything about sailing but figured this was the right group to ask

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barefootviking@reddit

Good guess and you are correct

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ppitm@reddit

The sails. You can protect ropes from chaffe by wrapping them in strong tarred twine, sometimes with a layer of canvas on top. That stuff will scissor right through sailcloth if you let it.

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steampunktomato@reddit

Both

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AdvancedRemove2718@reddit

thats the schleeb, classic friction reducer

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rojo_mojado@reddit

Hats for bats...keep bats waaaaarm.

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flyingron@reddit

It's very bad to steal Jobu's rum. It's very bad.

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rojo_mojado@reddit

Like your style!

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flyingron@reddit

Hey, bartender! Jobu needs a refill.

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Sockm0nkey@reddit

“Gracias.”

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StanFitch@reddit

Christmas Tree…

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indigoinblue@reddit

Craziest name ever. Only sailors could come up with that!.

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ThomasKlausen@reddit

Try using the word "snatchblock" in front of 13-year olds. Control was lost.

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unperturbium@reddit

Gollywobbler has entered the chat.

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couch_hammer@reddit

Someone I sailed with made up a new answer for that question every time someone asked. My favorite was "Sea beavers. We put bait on the lines so they don't chew on the mast. Great climbers but they're not that smart."

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ThomasKlausen@reddit

"Secret NSA microphones. They were bigger back in the day."

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lnm1969@reddit

Recently stuffed I assume ?

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Square_Rig_Sailor@reddit

It’s rig moss, grows on the standing rigging. We scrape it off every morning, but it always grows back.

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down2daground@reddit

On tall ships, rope had a lifespan. When brand-new, it was used for its primary purpose, but as it wore out, it would get repurposed for less-critical tasks, re-used over and over again, continuously recycled as it wore. Baggywrinkle was the final stage of its usefulness, with the rope broken down once again into its individual yarns and woven into strips to be applied to the high-chafe spots to protect sails. Source: The Marlinspike Sailor by Hervey Garrett-Smith.

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sea_enby@reddit

Baggywrinkle chafe gear. I’ve spent many an hour making and applying this stuff… keeps the lines from wearing through the canvas over time. Mostly seen on tall ships like this one, though I’ve seen it on smaller vessels tooz

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StarpoweredSteamship@reddit

Ships that are tall or tallships?

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ClosetLadyGhost@reddit

Yes.

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J-a-x@reddit

Baggywrinkle is one of my favorite sibling terms.

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12221203@reddit

Ok way back when I was a student at Maine Maritime I was busy at the waterfront working on one of the race boats that was tied up to the schooner Bowdin. A mom with a couple of kids walked up and one of the kids asked a crew on Bowdin the same question. The guy looks dead at him and says “baby seal”, didn’t flinch just straight at him. Moms pulling the kids away, kids on the verge of tears, me and the guy with me are laughing so hard we could hardly breathe, another crews chasing the mom saying he’s kidding…. I’ll never forget that. Anyway….

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