To: nw-windtalk@yahoogroups.com
From: alexzotov@...
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:40:39 -0700
Subject: RE: why do battens break?








it's a theory, though it would work better if we were giraffes - these battens
are pretty high :-)

Are they really carbon fiber?


To: NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com
From: don.ledford@...
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:31:46 -0700
Subject: Re: why do battens break?

They break because my head is harder than carbon fiber.

Alex Zotov wrote:
> I got a couple of battens broken on a 5.0 sail (#2 and #4 from the top). No
biggie/ easy to replace with the superb Sailworks support, but I am just curious
why do they break? The sail isn't that old, and in particular it's interesting
that 2 of them broke at the same time. I wonder if this may have been because I
overtightened them - I vaguely remember giving them just a bit of twist a few
sessions back because of a few minor wrinkles I spotted on the sail.
>
>

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