Your first tack onto port in light wind left the batten inverted. I struggle with this in the 800 up to about 15 kts of wind. It happens regardless of batten tension on both tacks and gybes. Do you shave them at all to reduce this?
We run pretty minimal batten tension in the top one, just tight enough that it is on the batten straps, but can be easily pushed away pressing with the thumb. In this video eventually the crew gives a tug on the downhaul and that pops it. Also running a bit more caps tension helps it pop.
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Your first tack onto port in light wind left the batten inverted. I struggle with this in the 800 up to about 15 kts of wind. It happens regardless of batten tension on both tacks and gybes. Do you shave them at all to reduce this?
We run pretty minimal batten tension in the top one, just tight enough that it is on the batten straps, but can be easily pushed away pressing with the thumb. In this video eventually the crew gives a tug on the downhaul and that pops it.
Also running a bit more caps tension helps it pop.