Does anyone know where I can get some wooden sail battens made please. They are longer than a Mirror's.
All the sailmaker websites only seem to do fibreglass ones.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
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Re: Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
Ebay? Or make some yourself? The best ones were made of Hickory (where best = abysmal in post 1960s terms. Alternatively you could get some wide plastic ones made up to length. Kevin Butler will do that for you.
Best wishes
SB
SB
Re: Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
I used to use 1.5 mm ply and double it up at the outboard end so that the inboard end is more flexible.Available from model aircraft shops.
Re: Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
run some glass or carbon tape inside the two bits of ply and it will toughen it up nicely.
eib
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Re: Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
They wouldn't be like the oldfashioned battens though, would they?
They were made of hickory, as SB says. I suppose you could get some made up by a person with a planer-thicknesser if you could find decent wood.
They were made of hickory, as SB says. I suppose you could get some made up by a person with a planer-thicknesser if you could find decent wood.
Rupert
Re: Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
No agreed....
but as soggybadger says:
Incidentally, I am sure that I have seen some proper wood ones for sale relatively recently....in the last 2 or 3 years, so there may still be a few around.
cheers
eib
but as soggybadger says:
I think a batten made from a sandwhich of ply/epoxy/kevlar, would still look like wood and perform better....and wouldn't be hard to make.The best ones were made of Hickory (where best = abysmal in post 1960s terms
Incidentally, I am sure that I have seen some proper wood ones for sale relatively recently....in the last 2 or 3 years, so there may still be a few around.
cheers
eib
Ed Bremner
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
CVRDA
Jollyboat J3
Firefly F2942
IC GBR314 ex S51 - 1970 Slurp
MR 638 - Please come and take it away
Phelps Scull
Bathurst Whiff - looking for someone to love it
Re: Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
Rupert wrote:They wouldn't be like the oldfashioned battens though, would they?
They were made of hickory, as SB says. I suppose you could get some made up by a person with a planer-thicknesser if you could find decent wood.
Hickory, Ash arnt they?
I know I just got a an offcut of ash from local timber yard free and put it through the table saw. 10mins work.
I put a coat of varnish on them I think.
Re: Wooden sail battens for a Vagabond
I was lucky when looking for wooden battens for Shoestrings fully battened main. I think it was Brooksey sent me a set of old solo ones which only needed slight adjustment to fit.
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