Mistral battens

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glena
glena
QLD
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QLD, 1 posts
19 Jul 2016 7:13pm
Looking for battens for mistral 1980s sails 6'3








shoodbegood
shoodbegood
VIC
873 posts
VIC, 873 posts
19 Jul 2016 9:07pm
Funny
appleman
appleman
TAS
443 posts
TAS, 443 posts
19 Jul 2016 9:29pm
Looks like a great board ,most of these boards have broken down by this age, sun uv ,weather,or being 36 years prime, if the sail is still in good nick, it may be worth while hunting your local yacht club for some old fiberglass battens from some old catamaran sails,cut them down ,get new ends from ship chandler,. The yacht club will point you in the right direction.
The board you have will get you going better than new ones, in minimal winds, and are great fun on a hot low wind day.
Good luck.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
19 Jul 2016 10:33pm
shoodbegood said..
Funny


How so?


Any battens that are the old flat style about 15mm x 2mm ish (?) will be fine, find as long as you can and cut them down.
Raid old sails at tip shops if you can't find them at shops and sail repairers.


shoodbegood
shoodbegood
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VIC, 873 posts
20 Jul 2016 9:04pm
I just thought it was funny thats all
Maybe you didnt
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