When I was a kid and just getting into sailing the old guys told us to rub meths on our hands to toughen them up for the ropes. Helped a bit but dries ya hands up quite a bit.
Brads, if you want something a bit cheaper ( maybe ) you can buy betadine or other iodine based products from Farmlands or RD1. It's antibacterial so will do a similar job.
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