Furling Headsail battens

[xstucker]

While in Weymouth this weekend, having sailed the first leg of the RSYC Double-Handed race, I watched a chap with a very nice-looking No3 Headsail (with horizontal battens in the leech), as he proceeded to furl it. The battens simply furled with the sail.

Does anyone know what these battens are made of, or more importantly where I can get some?

 

[Talbot]

not see horizontal, but maxiroach do a genoa with vertical battens, which roll away easily. They worked well on a main

 

[flaming]

Was that on a J-boat by any chance?

They have short batterns in the jib, nothing special. However their sails are not ever left on the heastay and are removed after sailing. I do a fair bit of saiing on Js and it's not a big deal, but can look realy ugly when furled.

 

[smth448]

I have a blade jib from Hyde with collapsible battens in it that will roll up. When I took delivery of the sail I was advised not to leave it rolled up for an extended period of time.
I was told at the time that they are made of hollow oval section aluminium and the section on the inside of the bend springs over to flatten the section so it will roll. If yoyu leave it rolled up for a long time it will just stay where it is and you'll end up with an interesting sail shape!
We race so its not a problem for us as we take the sails off after each day but unsuitable for cruising where you leave the sails furled on the forestay for a whole season.

 

[doris]

Hi Sirius.
We were in Weymouth on Saturday doing the same race. Our jib battens are vertical and made of normal batten material so no problems about leaving the sail rolled up. I remember discussing the horizontal ones with Quantum before the sails were made and they were dismised.