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Steve Milby
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Initially Posted - 05/08/2015 :  10:50:58  Show Profile
In case anyone is thinking about moving up, as many here do, I crewed on a Beneteau 45 last night with mainsail battens that I have never seen or heard of before. The boat has a roller furling racing jib and an in-mast furling, racing mainsail. The common complaint about those mainsails is that you can't put battens in them, and they, therefore, have bad shape. This boat had inflatable battens. After raising the mainsail, he pumps them up with a bicycle pump. He can deflate them individually, in case he wants to reef the mainsail. The battens work really well, giving the sail a nice shape. The sail is made by UK Sailmakers.

With the roller furling main and jib, the boat is easy to sail, and then to put away afterwards. There's no folding and bagging of jibs and no flaking the main on the boom and covering it. It makes racing very civilized. It actually makes singlehanding a 45' 22,000 lb. boat easy!
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Response Posted - 05/08/2015 :  11:37:56  Show Profile
Wow.. the next thing ya know we'll all be crankin down foils...
Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
"Lee Key" '84 Catalina 25
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