[Rhodes22-list] Mainsail Batterns

[Lloyd Crowther]

Steve,

It was late and I had a few r's left over so I thought I might get rid of
them, my spell checker must have believed me.  The plural of 'batten' is
'battens' for you people who live in the real world.

Lloyd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 2:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mainsail Batterns


> Lloyd,
> Can't you just measure the batten pocket and go from there?  Buy a batten
> that's a bit longer than the pocket and trim it as needed.  By the way,
what
> are "bitterns" --the plural for batten?
> Slim
>
> On 4/15/04 10:52 PM, "Lloyd Crowther" <lcrowther at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Uhuru II is an 1984 Rhodes 22 with a standard main.  (Happy birthday,
Uhuru.)
> > Last year I replaced the bitterns after carefully measuring each one and
> > writing the dimensions down for further reference.  Today I went to put
the
> > bitterns back in after having my main cleaned and otherwise fixed up.
However
> > I could only find one batten, labled 'lowest batten and no paper with
the
> > dimensions.  So much for my so-called "efficiency".  Does anyone with a
better
> > record of data keeping than I happen to know the sizes of the bitterns
in that
> > era of mainsail?
> >
> > Lloyd
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