Hello. my gusails vector 7.1 from 2019 has a batten broken very close to the boom (cut away, think is the name....)
I think this battens are divided in 3 pieces.
where it is break I can't separate it.
can I use a heat gun??
There is usually a plastic ferrule that makes the transition from a tube batten to the rod batten. Check for a nail that goes straight through the tube batten and the ferrule, this needs to be removed first and then ferrule will usually come out with a bit of force.
Select to expand quoteADinis said..
Hello. Thanks. It seems to be glued . I will use a heat gun with no fear :D
Heat gun may damage the carbon tube, just cut the broken section off
How did you find out it was broken? I think most of my sails have broken battens and I don't even know!
Select to expand quoteManuel7 said..
How did you find out it was broken? I think most of my sails have broken battens and I don't even know!
I have only broken one batten, but it was easy to see it was broken.
Select to expand quoteADinis said..
Hello. Thanks. It seems to be glued . I will use a heat gun with no fear :D
Maybe soak joint with Goo Gone to soften up the glue, after overnight treatment may come apart by just twisting.
Hello.
today, with a bit of heat gun without fear :D
I think it broke because someone put a "pin" to bloke, maybe glued or tap is enough.
thanks to all!
Sailloft has glued rods. Some even say just put them together. The tension in the pocket will keep it in place.
Over the years I have had both glued and unglued. The glued ones used epoxy, so you could not soften it with a heat gun. You had to cut the tube just below the inside extent of the ferrule.
Most failures were split tube ends, such that the ferrule went up inside the tube, thus making the whole thing shorter. The solution has been an aluminum cover that fits over the outside of the tube end. Too bad they did not think of this 25 years ago.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
