We went a couple years without a cover on our wheel after the leather that was on it when we bought the boat finally fell apart. The bare stainless steel was cold and slippery when wet. I couldn’t bring myself to spend the money for a new leather wrap. After reading an article in “Good Old Boat” about using twine to cover the wheel I thought we would give it a try. After researching for a little while we decided to go a little more traditional than what was used in the article that inspired us.

It is all done in #27 cotton twine, except the Turk’s Head at the king spoke which is uses #45, and finished with several coats of varnish.