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Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/21/2008, 2:03 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make? (John Monroe)

: Hi Bill,

: I have heard that the Balogh battens are tapered,,,, I thought toward the
: luff but maybe I got that wrong and they are tapered toward the leach, if
: they are really tapered at all.

: I lost a couple of fiberglass battens from my old cat and found a nice
: replacement was wood slats you can buy in the moldings department of
: lumberyards.

: John

Nothing really tricky about battens, most now days are glass but that's really becuase it's easy to make. Used to be they were all wood.

Lots of full length battens are double tapered at both ends.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make? *Pic*
John Monroe -- 1/18/2008, 9:20 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 2:39 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 2:40 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
John Monroe -- 1/20/2008, 3:59 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2008, 2:03 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
Don Lucas -- 1/20/2008, 2:47 pm
Sail Block *Pic*
John Monroe -- 1/21/2008, 3:44 am
Re: Sail Block
Don Lucas -- 1/21/2008, 11:16 am
Poly Sail Kit *Pic*
John Monroe -- 1/22/2008, 1:01 am
Re: Poly Sail Kit
Chris Ostlind -- 1/22/2008, 10:55 am
Re: Poly Sail Kit
John Monroe -- 1/23/2008, 3:46 am
Re: Poly Sail Kit
Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2008, 2:28 am
Re: Poly Sail Kit
John Monroe -- 1/27/2008, 3:49 am
Re: Poly Sail Kit
Bill Hamm -- 1/30/2008, 2:28 am
Re: Poly Sail Kit
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/30/2008, 11:25 pm
Re: Poly Sail Kit
John Monroe -- 1/31/2008, 4:39 am
Re: Poly Sail Kit
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2008, 1:57 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make? *LINK* *Pic*
Chris Ostlind -- 1/19/2008, 10:03 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
John Monroe -- 1/20/2008, 3:35 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
Mike Savage -- 1/18/2008, 2:04 pm
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make? *Pic*
John Monroe -- 1/19/2008, 4:19 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make? *Pic*
DrPepper -- 1/19/2008, 7:46 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
John Monroe -- 1/20/2008, 5:11 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
Mike Savage -- 1/19/2008, 7:10 am
Re: Other: Sail I'm getting ready to make?
John Monroe -- 1/20/2008, 5:08 am