Thanks for all the interesting suggestions. Should have said the masts are carbon fibre, painted with Jotun Hardtop Flexi, 2-pack polyurethane paint, and the booms are square with rounded corners section wood around 45mm each face. I like the carpet suggestion, but will think about all the others and look up some details and prices.
On Marie G, With an aluminum yard and carbonfibre mast, I used a strip of a carpet With rubber backing, glued on the yard. It has been up there for 3 years. I am amazed that its still there
Hi Roy,
Would good old leather do the trick? If the boom is round, it goes on well, and can either be stitched or tacked. Paul Gartside gives instructions for this I just tripped over it recently:
http://www.gartsideboats.com/faq/oar-leathers.html
Our gaffer has copper on the mast in way of the gaff jaws, but maybe that is over the top...
Pol.
I have a timber mast ,boom ,yard and battens.
At first I screwed strips of nylon to the faces. Found they made
a lot of noise and damaged the paint on the mast. I decided
to use bathroom carped for fendering, which was a big
improvement.
Roy, if you want to use a foam camping mat I have a roll of blue cordura which you could use to cover it. It should be hard wearing and as usual there is no charge.
David T suggested this for my boom but I could not get it to work. You may have more luck.
If your boom is circular: try some grey plumbing hose. It's a bit pricey - the equivalent of 8 quid a metre over here, but it would work well. Alkythene tubing comes in a greater variety of sizes, but would also work well. Run either type - carefully! - over a table saw to split it.
Does anyone have recommendations for materials for fendering on wooden booms? The old fendering on my main boom is made of 8mm thick foam with a covering of a plastic coated material. The covering is screwed to the boom along its edges, and the foam is glued to its inside face, which has a woven backing. I thought I might cut the foam from a camping sleeping mat but have no idea what might suffice for the covering. It would need to be fairly smooth and resilient to cope with sliding round my carbon fibre masts. All suggestions gratefully received.
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