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dhmark
Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 376
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 8:58 am Post subject: Batten repair going to work? |
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I had a broken tube batten about one foot from the leech, important #4 of 6 battens. It was pretty much clean break, no chards, no crushing of the tube. So I cut an old piece of rod batten (circular cross section)about 4-5 inches long and thought this could bridge the break. Needed a bit more diameter in the rod so I duck-taped the center of the piece. I injected West Systems epoxy into the hollow ends of the broken tube, shoved my stent into each end, worked the pieces together, dribbled some epoxy at the joint, and taped over it. When dry, removed the tape, and sanded smooth, there is hardly a bump at the break point. It seems totally solid, probably flexes a bit less at a part of the sail where there is hardly any bend anyway. Going to work? |
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tonyg
Joined: 03 May 1998 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Tape over the broken batten glued seam with good quality tape. Gorilla or 3M professional packing tape. 2 layers is plenty. It will add strengths and even if batten brakes there again and splinters, tape will keep splinters from going into the sail.
Neil Pride used to sleeve their tube battens to keep splinters from poking through, but doesn't do it any more to save a few grams of weight. |
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dllee
Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 5328 Location: East Bay
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Depends how sensitive and anal you are.
Some guys say their sails work well only if they were rinsed off the previous session.
Some guys wet the sail before heading out
Of course "it will work".
It will also work if you left it alone or removed the batten or just the broken piece. |
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U2U2U2
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 5467 Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
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Ugly_Bird
Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 335
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 10:12 am Post subject: Re: Batten repair going to work? |
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dhmark wrote: | I had a broken tube batten about one foot from the leech, important #4 of 6 battens. It was pretty much clean break, no chards, no crushing of the tube. So I cut an old piece of rod batten (circular cross section)about 4-5 inches long and thought this could bridge the break. Needed a bit more diameter in the rod so I duck-taped the center of the piece. I injected West Systems epoxy into the hollow ends of the broken tube, shoved my stent into each end, worked the pieces together, dribbled some epoxy at the joint, and taped over it. When dry, removed the tape, and sanded smooth, there is hardly a bump at the break point. It seems totally solid, probably flexes a bit less at a part of the sail where there is hardly any bend anyway. Going to work? |
It should. As alternative, what about inserting some rod as reinforcement inside?
Also, getting a replacement tube from, say, Sailworks is not very expensive.
Good luck with the repair.
Andrei. |
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dhmark
Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 376
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 11:28 am Post subject: |
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J Henderson of HSM gave a thumbs up to my repair, said if it lasts one session its as good as new. He also sent me a ferrule for an alternative repair, where I just trim the broken tube, insert the ferrule which connects to a rod batten section (spare part) and then out to the leech. Since the break was about 1.5 feet from the leach, there wouldn't be much difference in the sail performance. |
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