Correction - Flattens are distributed through Contender Sailcloth, not Challenge. Craig on s/v Sangaris

Thank you both Dave and Craig, The battens my sailmaker is proposing to use are not the ones I sent links on. These are made of stainless steel and he has had good experience with them in other boats

The September Ocean Navigator magazine had an article on a newly developed roll up batten called Flattens. It's from a new UK company called Primrose Fry Technologies and the version for jibsails is

Derick, I have not changed the old manifold for the new one yet. I plan to use silicone tape for the threaded joints...and I am fairly sure that the male-male connector is bronze, not brass. I will

Gosh, Derick, I hope that connector is bronze, not brass! Cheers, Craig on Sangaris SN#68

Speaking of favorite Turkish sail lofts as Bill was, Eric, you might also check out UK Sailmakers in Marmaris. Contact info on their website or the local sales rep is Hulki Oruz whom I'd recommend

Dave, Is Doyle the same –a franchised loft? What company makes your sails? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite SM 376

CORRECTION: I should have said that the roller battens were more often used in non-overlapping headsails, not genoas. I would not use any sort of batten in a genoa as the pockets get destroyed pretty

Eric, Ullman lofts are mostly franchise lofts, not corporate owned. So you would want to specify which Ullman loft you're considering in order to get useful feedback. For instance Ullman Sails

We sell Robichaud battens so I'm quite familiar with them. Romeo showed me a prototype for the roller batten when they were originally developing the product. For the most part roller battens have

I am considering buying new sails for may SM2K and the sail maker suggested that the RBS Roller Battens could allow increasing the roach in the upper part of the sail, or at lest reducing the negative

Bill, I have received my stainless steel seawater manifold from Riza at Gozek Marine. It came in 3 pieces - the ss manifold itself, a male-male brass connector, and a ss ball valve connected to a

Hi Eric, There is a Ullman Sails representative in Kusadasi. I believe they are made in Izmir. I have a complete set of Ullman sails on my SM2K. To me they were a good replacement to the old

Eric, I do not, but I do have experience with a very large Turkish loft that is currently the worrldwide loft for one name brand and makes sails independently. Qsails is the independent brand. It is

Does anyone have experience with Ullman Sails? Fair Winds Eric Kimberlite SM 376

Thank you all. I'll buy a laser meter (?) to measure the distance between the top of the mast in the 4 sites. But as seen in the pictures, the mast is curved back us to the upper spreaders. But I saw

Hi all, the Amel SM is designed with a high tension deck stepped mast the mast to be most effective it needs to stay in column at very high tension. There should be not slack on the lee side going to

If the mast is too far back (rake or bend > 0) high spreaders PULL AFT the mast resulting in reverse bend. So the mast should be perfectly centered between the lands af the shrouds to keep in column.

I asked a rigger who has a lot of experience tuning rigs and he said for the SM get the mast base sitting flat on its step. To do otherwise creates distortional tensions. Cheers Danny SM 299 Ocean

Are the easy way to check is to go to Home Depot get a cheap laser and shoot a laser to the top of the mast on all four sides and see what the angles are. Make adjustments from there. Fair Winds