ghostlymoron
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I thought the point of this forum was to benefit from other people's experience. Some of aren't as knowledgeable as Old Harry.
Sounds like the same system my sailmaker use, the Velcro goes inside the batten pocket and locks on to the Velcro inside the pocket. Have a tool that came with the sail, it’s a short piece of batten with a hole for a pull cord in one end.
To lock the batten in place you simply put the tool into the small pocket sewn to the end of the strap, push into the pocket until the tension is ok making sure the extraction line is not getting in the way of the Velcro.
removing is easy break the bond between the Velcro parts with the tool and pull the extraction line,
https://youtu.be/jrZexayGVjE
https://www.northsails.com/sailing/en/2018/06/velcro-stuff-batten-pocket-installation-guide
two good things with the tool provided by the sailmakerI didn't realise that there was a special tool. I just use a screwdriver.![]()
Thanks for the technical explanation. I have never come across this wear with any other sail nor was I aware that 'batten fixing' was something I should look for in the sail spec. ( live and learn?)One clue to the internal elastic , is the type of batten entry , it’s usually a funnel mouth type .
The batten is pushed in against the elastic and drops down inside of stitching on the leech tabling .
Mainly used for dinghy sails these days .