Padding around mast?

[Martin_Cph]

See this..

http://www.jdemarine.com/Rigging1a.jpg

Why the blue padding around the lower mast section?

 

[AlanD]

Are you sure it's padding. My guess is that it's the remains of adhesive plastic that was placed there to identify the boat as competing within a particular division at a regatta.

 

[Merrily]

That doesn't look like the adhesive tapes used for identification. It's too thick. It looks like something blue that has been painted to match the aluminum, and then the paint peeled off in front. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[Deimos]

Ignoring the colour (spelt correctly !!), it could almost be a sleeve; maybe damage repair ?

Ian

 

[Merrily]

Ignoring the colour (spelt correctly !!), it could almost be a sleeve; maybe damage repair ?

Ian

Spelt is a type of wheat, Ian. What does that have to do with your British spelling of color?

 

[Deimos]

Spelt is a type of wheat, Ian. What does that have to do with your British spelling of color?

Colour is one of the few words I can spell . Although ...

Ian

 

[Sailorchick]

It looks like a plastic wallet used to identify fleets. We use them at UK events as the radials race in flights. Just your standard plastic document wallet, usually attached with tape.

 

[Martin_Cph]

So its not a secret tweak?...ha ha

 

[Alysum]

Maybe it's to protect the mast from the clip on of the wind indicator