Anonymous wrote:
Hello Asmat,
Yes, the flat sail has served well for the last year. It is time for more experimentation. I am sewing camber in the sail and the load will shift from the sailcloth to the battens. I have wooden battens and don’t know how much it is customary to increase batten size. My current yard is 3”x 1 1/2” and the battens are 1”x 3/4”. Since I am sewing the darts to produce the camber today I was wondering if I need to increase the batten size now or if it would be reasonable to try it with my existing battens. Thanks for the thoughts. Any ideas?
Curtis
Bonsoir
The load on the battens should only be increased marginally.
It depends on the way you incorporate the camber because your wooden battens may suppose to be flexible and provide some camber at the rear of the sail (the worst place) under the HML way.
If you include some darts in the forward part of the sail it has no impact on the efforts on the rear flexible part of the battens.
Could you detail the way you introduce the camber ?
Eric