Best baggy wrinkle and how to afix it?

[Oscarpop]

So in preparation to cross the pond, we have turned to baggy wrinkle .

We have pipe lagging that we were going to gaffer tape around the spreader ends.

It has to work and also last 3000 miles.

Any other suggestions?

 

[prv]

The traditional one of course is two parallel strands of marline with short lengths cow-hitched around it, then the whole lot wound round the offending wire or rope:

However, I've also seen a more modern suggestion using strips of foam rubber (square cross-section, somewhere between one and two inches on a side). You spiral the rubber around the stay in one direction, then spiral a length of line back down it in the other direction, so that the two spirals criss-cross. I've never tried it, but supposedly it gives good protection and less windage than the shaggy types.

Pete