Heat up a butter knife until its red hot and seal the injury
I would stay off the water until it's healed properly GP will fix it

if you need to sail with no skin on your foot, duct tape works, otherwise a few days of beer

what about super glue???? I heard it's similar to what the medics use.

Thanks for the tips all. Mum popped around my place and had a look. I have bits of sock in the wound and that's why it's not healing. How dumb of me. Yep, wire brush and dettol might be it Pepes.... or just go for a sail and let the foot strap do the work ?

Check the baby section in your grocery store. Creme that heals baby butts also works great for blisters and cuts. In Germany, it would be Penaten Creme, but you'll probably find similar local brands. The only issue with that stuff is that bandaids don't stick well after you used it, so it's best to use it on the evenings or when on days you don't sail. Keeping water out when sailing is definitely a good idea.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842869/

Despite the above, my thoughts are clean and dry until healed.

Tried windsurfing after 7 days after some stitches for a small cut .. seemed to moisten the cut and reopen. You just have to wait it out.

A wound doesn't heal if it's always wet

Also, healing is significantly delayed if there's dead tissue or foreign material in the wound. Your body needs to clear it first, sometimes it gets infected in the process.

Smaller wounds heal ok if kept dry (under a scab). It is the least laborous way of getting wounds healed, but not the fastest.

The fastest way is to have your wound dressed 1-2 times a week by an experienced nurse. The nurse would examine the wound, remove dead tissue or foreign material and choose a dressing based on whether there're any signs of infection or the wound looks too dry or wet.

Betadine kills bugs, but it also kills granulations(healing tissue) and makes your wound dry. It also stings like hell. So don't use betadine or anything else unless you can assess what the wound needs. Just let it heal naturally under a scab.

Lastly, if you are not a relatively healthy well-nourished person with no chronic health issues, forget about natural healing, go and see your doctor

Surprised no one has mentioned Hypafix or Fixomull wound tape (both similar) for treating abrasions. Available from the chemist. Once it's on you can get it wet in the shower no problems with no detrimental effect on the healing (it's actually good for it). Halves wound healing time. :)

Fixomull sticks pretty well but will come off in the sea. So wrap it with electrical tape or gaffa tape etc for the duration.

And related, avoid getting the wound wet with seawater. For some reason seawater ulcerates the wound as we all know, slowing healing. Hence you have to waterproof up when on the water if at all possible. See previous comments above.

Paw Paw ointment - also works great for paddling rash (surfing)

I've sailed two days in a row. The Elastoplast Spray Plaster that Cocky2 suggested is extremely effective. I used that + large water proof bandage on top of that, then a bootie.