As another thread post says - one batten missing ! Silly question :

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It would be messy but you could lay up your own batten with grp. Probably 10 layers of 450 cloth would give you the depth. Then trim the sides down to fit. Probably to much bend to flowcoat it, but could just paint it for cosmetic finish. Depends how hands on you want to be and the messy stickiness you want to be involved in.:)
Do not bother with flow coat. Just cover with heat shrink tubing. Probably would only need 4or 5 layers of tape instead of cloth sheet
 

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Just got back from sailmaker ... 10m of batten ... so now I can sort out not only this missing batten - but also any others I need.

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My 5m weekender has wood dowels in the main - I bought set of sails of ebay for it and they did not have battens. Now I have the material to do properly.
 
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