Dee Bee
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I can get my fully battened sail home for storage without taking the battens out. Is there a reason that I should take the battens out?
Please take the battens out otherwise the sail will never fit in the sail bag.I can get my fully battened sail home for storage without taking the battens out. Is there a reason that I should take the battens out?
Some of us have decent quality sail bags. Hyde have supplied me with one that could easily be altered into a sail lazy bag when my old one wore out, if I felt so inclined to play with a sewing machine. Similar one for my laminate jib from optimum sails. The sail can be dropped & flaked straight into the bag & zipped up ready for the next hoist.Please take the battens out otherwise the sail will never fit in the sail bag.
That must depend on the sail and batten car design. On our North sail the flat batten tension is set by the tension at the outer end of the batten pocket, and this needs to be undone to remove the battens. No adjustment needed / possible at the Ronstan cars.…….When removing the full length battens the cars are not adjusted, so they will be exactly the same tension when refitted.
Yes, my experience is with the Ronstan cars where this applies. I have no experience of fully battened North mainsails, so I stand corrected.That must depend on the sail and batten car design. On our North sail the flat batten tension is set by the tension at the outer end of the batten pocket, and this needs to be undone to remove the battens. No adjustment needed / possible at the Ronstan cars.
Much easier with battens in. The sail stays as a nice tube & can be slid straight into the boom groove, from the sail bag,between the lazy covers.Then thread the sliders in the mast.I cannot imagine controlling the sail on deck with battens in -rolling it might be a solution so you end up with a very long sausage shape but moving the sausage might take 3 people and once on the pontoon it might be unweildly to transport even if say you had a transit with a roof rack. Clearly the sail is somewhat larger those found on a 26ft centaur. It must be ann area thing though Even if we did it what advantage is gained by not removing as I doubt it helps storage surely? As for washing it with battens rather depends on space I guess.