Full battens on a slowcoach Berwick will look about
as dumb as that silly radar mount on Booby's boat.

S.Simon


"Schoonertrash" wrote in message ...
Ole Thom has been encouraging me to try the loose foot main arrangement. I
like full (or no) battens and absolutely won't use partial battens. The
other day a full batten AND loose foot boat went by so I talked to them on
the bridge to bridge radio. Owner did a big circle and demonstrated how
easy his sail was to use, with only one person doing the work. This weekend
I'm off to sail a couple days on a boat with that arrangement. But so far
it looks like Thom was right! That combined with a double headsail (Solent
Rig) conversion should do just fine. The new boat came with a steering
wheel conversion. Thought about it for some time . . .I'm converting her
back to a tiller. More responsive, better 'feel', easier to singlehand, and
less parts to go wrong.

Thanks Thom for your suggestion and comments.

MST