What is this seaweed looking stuff that is being wrapped around the lines and what is the purpose?
Posted by nshfire@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 69 comments
FredIsAThing@reddit
Baggywrinkle. My second favorite sailing term after gollywobbler.
clea@reddit
You just made that up.
FredIsAThing@reddit
A gollywobbler sail š
NathanBlutengel@reddit
What are the advantages to a gollywobbler rig?
FredIsAThing@reddit
Schooner is the rig. Gollywobbler is the big poofy sail. It's for deep reaching in light air.
danridley@reddit
Baggywrinkles. To reduce chafe.
overthehillhat@reddit
First time I heard that
60+ yrs ago
I thought it was a joke
or something ---
DiscussionSpider@reddit
That's a very British name.
wanderinggoat@reddit
ENGLISH just because an American hasn't heard of it doesn't make it only British.
DiscussionSpider@reddit
No, I mean British. Guy who came up with the term Baggywrinkles was probably named Basil Puddingsnout or something.
overthehillhat@reddit
Oregano
Cambren1@reddit
It was his brother, Nigel. Basil invented bangers and mash.
Afaflix@reddit
I think his name was Charlie Noble
Last_Cod_998@reddit
Alright then, off you go.
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.
is0ph@reddit
They donāt 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 canāt understand why people who seldom visit their boats in winter donāt take care of that. They piss their neighbours off and wear their halyards down.
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.
Fun-Traffic3180@reddit
Yup. I used to know the word in Danish and it was just as silly
Firm_Objective_2661@reddit
Donāt believe this guy. Itās to keep them warm at night.
wanderinggoat@reddit
this is right , I call my wife baggywrinkle because she keeps me warm at night.
flyingron@reddit
A woman should provide shade in the summer and warmth in the winter.
fluoruranus@reddit
You call her that, she'll provide shade all year round š
CaptainPhoton589@reddit
Itās always shady 6 feet underā¦
Panem-et-circenses25@reddit
How can she keep you warm when youāre on the couch after calling her that?
Cyber0s@reddit
because he gets his own blanket...
oga_ogbeni@reddit
I also call this guy's wife a baggywrinkleĀ
MTonmyMind@reddit
I also sleep on this guyās wifeās couch.
wanderinggoat@reddit
so you're the one who is putting the wrinkles in my bag?
oga_ogbeni@reddit
Always have been
wanderinggoat@reddit
ah well, it keeps her off the streets so it cant be bad
BloodyRightToe@reddit
Friggen in the Rigging
wanderinggoat@reddit
don't want any chaffing!
Firm_Objective_2661@reddit
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Sockm0nkey@reddit
I had a lengthy yarn Iād spin to our passengers about them being āsea hamsters.ā
āWell, 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 theyāre actually colonial organisms?ā
By the end of the sail Iād often hear guests explaining āsea hamstersā to the other passengers.
HokusTokus@reddit
Warm wrinkly bags stop chaffing. Got it
Naive_Adeptness6895@reddit
You use it inside your shorts to keep your fat thighs from rubbing together and starting a fire.
thebemusedmuse@reddit
Can I put some between my legs?
nshfire@reddit (OP)
Chafe on the rope or sails? I donāt know anything about sailing but figured this was the right group to ask
barefootviking@reddit
Good guess and you are correct
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.
steampunktomato@reddit
Both
AdvancedRemove2718@reddit
thats the schleeb, classic friction reducer
rojo_mojado@reddit
Hats for bats...keep bats waaaaarm.
flyingron@reddit
It's very bad to steal Jobu's rum. It's very bad.
rojo_mojado@reddit
Like your style!
flyingron@reddit
Hey, bartender! Jobu needs a refill.
Sockm0nkey@reddit
āGracias.ā
StanFitch@reddit
Christmas Treeā¦
indigoinblue@reddit
Craziest name ever. Only sailors could come up with that!.
ThomasKlausen@reddit
Try using the word "snatchblock" in front of 13-year olds. Control was lost.Ā
unperturbium@reddit
Gollywobbler has entered the chat.
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."
ThomasKlausen@reddit
"Secret NSA microphones. They were bigger back in the day."
lnm1969@reddit
Recently stuffed I assume ?
Square_Rig_Sailor@reddit
Itās rig moss, grows on the standing rigging. We scrape it off every morning, but it always grows back.
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.
sea_enby@reddit
Baggywrinkle chafe gear. Iāve 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 Iāve seen it on smaller vessels tooz
StarpoweredSteamship@reddit
Ships that are tall or tallships?
ClosetLadyGhost@reddit
Yes.
J-a-x@reddit
Baggywrinkle is one of my favorite sibling terms.
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 ābaby sealā, didnāt 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 heās kiddingā¦. Iāll never forget that. Anywayā¦.
_naturalhigh_@reddit
I was a student there too, and sailed on Bowdoin for a summer! Where has the industry taken you?
_naturalhigh_@reddit
Iāve heard them called nuns legs before š
Brave-Entrance7475@reddit
Least creative smuggling ever??
barefootviking@reddit
Baggy wrinkles, not to be confused with Bilbo Baggins
indigoinblue@reddit
Bilbo Baggins wrinkles?
unperturbium@reddit
On his eleventy-first birthday.
barefootviking@reddit
Oh, that is a great follow up. I wish Iād thought of that.
EuphoricAd5826@reddit
The rigging gets cold at night, this blanket keeps them warm