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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

28-10-2018, 13:59

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Batten and intermediate car spacings

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Posted By Snowpetrel

Re: Batten and intermediate car spacings

^^ Thanks Kestrahl, seems like my rig with a 14.4m P is pretty close to the cut off point. I guess I have to decide if is the extra weight, and cost is worth it for me at the moment. Fortunately it...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

23-10-2018, 21:22

Replies: 17

Batten and intermediate car spacings

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Posted By Snowpetrel

Re: Batten and intermediate car spacings

Thansk Wayne, should give you a call and talk. We have very similar boats. How many battens do you have?

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

23-10-2018, 04:57

Replies: 17

Batten and intermediate car spacings

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Posted By Snowpetrel

Re: Batten and intermediate car spacings

I suppose the next question is number of battens. With a tall skinny main with a luff of 14.5 meters and a foot of 4.4 what are the pro's of 5 vs 4 Full length battens.

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

22-10-2018, 22:51

Replies: 17

Batten and intermediate car spacings

Views: 2,810

Posted By Snowpetrel

Re: Batten and intermediate car spacings

^^ Thanks Kestrahl. Very good Info.

I take it if I have understood what you've said they have about 4 meters between the battens and the intermediates are attached with bungy, not really taking...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

22-10-2018, 19:19

Replies: 17

Batten and intermediate car spacings

Views: 2,810

Posted By Snowpetrel

Re: Batten and intermediate car spacings

^^I am sure it would, he knows his stuff. I am always reluctant to ask for advice from professionals when I don't intend to use them. Somehow it feels dishonest. What sort of slide spacing did he use...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

22-10-2018, 14:03

Replies: 17

Batten and intermediate car spacings

Views: 2,810

Posted By Snowpetrel

Re: Batten and intermediate car spacings

^^I guess thats all part of the trade off, and it makes a lot of sense to keep the numbers of cars to a minimum. Lower stack height, less cost and less weight aloft . It's just finding the limits...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

22-10-2018, 05:02

Replies: 17

Batten and intermediate car spacings

Views: 2,810

Posted By Snowpetrel

Re: Batten and intermediate car spacings

Thanks Martin, good info. My brother just told me the Imoca 60's just cut a big hollow in the luff between the battens and attach the intermediates with bungy more to control the luff while dropping...

Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting

22-10-2018, 00:17

Replies: 17

Batten and intermediate car spacings

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Posted By Snowpetrel

Batten and intermediate car spacings

I've now got a nice batcar system complete off a bigger boat that has retrofitted a roller boom system.

Just looking at batten numbers and batcar spacings. Harken reccomends no more than 1.2-1.3...

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