Fully Battened Sails

[Barracuda2003]

This is a question that has probably been discussed endlessly before but I cannot find anything on it, so here it is (again).
I've a secondhand Dehler 36 that should have a fully battened mainsail but came with a partial battened mainsail. I was about to get a new sail - fully battened - when someone said that 90% battened mainsails were better.
Are they? If so whats the advantages/ disadvantages?

 

[davel]

Take a look at <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.ybw.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=ym&Number=299291&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&part=>this thread </A>. There's a discussion on this very subject there.

Dave L.

 

[Barracuda2003]

DaveL

this looks like the same thread an mine?
Is there another that i've missed somewhere

brian