Baggywrinkle

Baggywrinkle is a soft covering for cables (or any other obstructions) to reduce sail chafe.

Baggywrinkle is made from short pieces of yarn cut from old lines that have been taken out of service.

Two parallel lengths of marline are stretched between fixed points, and the lengths of yarn are attached using a hitch called a "railroad sennit".

This creates a long, shaggy fringe which, when the marline is wound around a cable, becomes a large hairy cylinder.

The name “baggywrinkle” originates from the visual look of wrapped material, which can resemble wrinkled or baggy sleeves.