Rub rail or protection on spreader

[StuM]

Originally Posted by SV Bacchus

Gosh, love that name!! Never heard it before but what, exactly, is it? Are those just plastic bags tied and bunched up?

Made from short lengths of old rope hitched around a doubled line.

[SV Bacchus]

Stu, Uncivilized and Michael, Thanks much for the info. Looks like to do them right they could be a lot of work. But if it saves the sails I would say it is worth it. But as Uncivilized points out, there is a downside to everything!

[JPA Cate]

Once they get salty, they become great dirt catchers, sorta like a dust mop. Spread dirt on the sails. It's not just the windage.

I wonder if the OP was after spreader boots, baggywrinkle, or like the title says "a rub rail, or protection on spreader?"

Ann