[Rhodes22-list] Round batten and wrinkles in new main?

[Graham Stewart]

Personally, I would be very skeptical of that explanation.


On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:58 PM Michael McKay <mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Happy Holiday Fellow Rhodies!
>
> I just installed a new IMF mainsail I ordered from Doyle Barbados.  It
> came with a round batten which was way too short for the batten pocket.  I
> installed my old batten which is flat and fit well, although it protrudes
> about 1/2” out of the pocket.
>
> Doyle claims that round battens became standard for R22 mainsails about
> 8-10 years ago. Can anyone confirm that?
>
> In addition, the sail has prominent wrinkles behind and below the draft
> stripe (see attached photo).  Doyle gave me the following explanation—does
> this sound credible to you?
>
> > The wrinkles you are seeing in the cloth are from shipping creases and
> impacts from shipping with the sail while being folded. (For example, a
> package gets dropped on end when in transit and the sail hits the edge of
> the box with a bit of force on a crease and therefore creates a pinch).
> This will smooth and flatten out with some use.  I can say that with
> absolute confidence as you can see from the picture that the wrinkles are
> not emanating from any  panel seams but instead are coming out of the fold
> lines. Woven Dacron is sealed with a resin which makes a porous weave
> closed and therefore efficient for use as a sail. That resin is initially
> quite hard but softens with use and time, as the sail gets used it will
> smooth out quite a bit.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael McKay
> s/v Liber, 2006/2108
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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Graham Stewart
Agile 76


-- 
Graham Stewart
Agile 76