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

[Michael McKay]

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

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