North Sails full-batten mainsails provide smooth performance and easy handling for sails with larger roaches. Full-length battens help reduce the flogging of a luffing sail that can damage its fibers and fittings and maintain the …
Replacement main sail battens
Your Mac was designed with simplicity in mind, and your mainsail needs all of the help it can get, because of the lack of an adjustable outhaul, traveler, boom vang or …
Know How: All About Mainsails
Battens: The number and length of battens in a mainsail is a constant source of discussion between sailors. Some like four conventional short battens, while others prefer full …
The Rundown On Mainsail Features: Battens, Reefs, …
We explore the four key features to consider when selecting your new mainsail: Battens, Size & Profile, Reinforcements and Reefs. At Precision Sails, we make the selection process easy, by speaking to you directly, to help …
Parts of a Mainsail: A Comprehensive Guide
The main parts of a mainsail include the head, luff, leech, foot, battens, and clew. The head is the top corner, while the luff runs along the front edge. The leech is the aft edge, …
The Mainsail on a Sailboat Is a Powerful Beast and …
The battens - strips of fibreglass or wood contained in batten pockets - support the roach, enabling it to provide additional drive. Short battens bend and crease the sail at the forward end of the pocket creating chafe and wearing out the …
Mainsail furling systems: an expert guide
The full-length battens in the mainsail help stabilise the sail as it furls and the batten pockets have been attached to the sail to match the mandrel angle. It’s the thickness of cloth at the luff and the battens that make the …
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North Sails full-batten mainsails provide smooth performance and easy handling for sails with larger roaches. Full-length battens help reduce the flogging of a luffing sail that can damage its fibers and fittings and maintain the …
Your Mac was designed with simplicity in mind, and your mainsail needs all of the help it can get, because of the lack of an adjustable outhaul, traveler, boom vang or …
Battens: The number and length of battens in a mainsail is a constant source of discussion between sailors. Some like four conventional short battens, while others prefer full …
We explore the four key features to consider when selecting your new mainsail: Battens, Size & Profile, Reinforcements and Reefs. At Precision Sails, we make the selection process easy, by speaking to you directly, to help …
The main parts of a mainsail include the head, luff, leech, foot, battens, and clew. The head is the top corner, while the luff runs along the front edge. The leech is the aft edge, …
The battens - strips of fibreglass or wood contained in batten pockets - support the roach, enabling it to provide additional drive. Short battens bend and crease the sail at the forward end of the pocket creating chafe and wearing out the …
The full-length battens in the mainsail help stabilise the sail as it furls and the batten pockets have been attached to the sail to match the mandrel angle. It’s the thickness of cloth at the luff and the battens that make the …