Westerly Tiger mainsail battens missing or broken.

Each batten is plastic and about 35 mm wide by 4mm thick.

Three of them; about one metre long.

Have made some identical battens from Canadian spruce.

Would welcome opinions about these spruce ones being satisfactory?

TIA Terry.

I don't know what is available in Canada, but any of the marine supply
houses should have something that you can use.

I bought mine from West marine. They were a little long but I was able
to trim them to size. I have heard others who have bought batten blanks
and cut them to size.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...allpartial/0/0

or www.westmarine.com and search for batten.

You may also try some of the web sites for other supply places or the
manufactures of sails.

One idea I heard but am not sure of appeared on a forum I visit
frequently. They went down to the local hardware and bought yard sticks
and cut them to size.


terry wrote:
Westerly Tiger mainsail battens missing or broken.

Each batten is plastic and about 35 mm wide by 4mm thick.

Three of them; about one metre long.

Have made some identical battens from Canadian spruce.

Would welcome opinions about these spruce ones being satisfactory?

TIA Terry.

When I was a kid, all battens were wood. To me, the best part of plastic
battens is that soft piece that slips on the end. Sails used to fail
frequently at the end of the batten pocket due to motion of the batten in
the pocket end. If the sail is valuable, I would opt for the plastic
version.
Dave

Some of the plastic ones are tapered, which is preferable. Put the soft end
forward.

If you must make your own, quarter-sawn spruce or ash would be a good
choice, both being stiff for their weight.

"terry" wrote in message
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Westerly Tiger mainsail battens missing or broken.

Each batten is plastic and about 35 mm wide by 4mm thick.

Three of them; about one metre long.

Have made some identical battens from Canadian spruce.

Would welcome opinions about these spruce ones being satisfactory?

TIA Terry.

Jim Conlin wrote:
Some of the plastic ones are tapered, which is preferable. Put the soft end
forward.

If you must make your own, quarter-sawn spruce or ash would be a good
choice, both being stiff for their weight.

"terry" wrote in message
oups.com...
Westerly Tiger mainsail battens missing or broken.

Each batten is plastic and about 35 mm wide by 4mm thick.

Three of them; about one metre long.

Have made some identical battens from Canadian spruce.

Would welcome opinions about these spruce ones being satisfactory?

TIA Terry.

Thanks for all the foregoing (batten) comments and suggestions. Terry.