Vertical Battens H33

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BruceK

BruceK

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Jul 26, 2005
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Hunter 33 Portland, ME
Any comments on the now available vertical battens for the H33 roller furling main from owners??
 
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GKuffner

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Jun 7, 2004
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Catalina 309 Ottawa
Be sure that you get some kind of guarantee that they will work to your satisfaction before your purchase them. I ordered them for my boat (C309) and found out that they absolutely wouldn't furl into the mast. I returned the sail and am quite happy with the std furling mainsail. I think that they are good in theory, especially for a Hunter which depends on a large mainsail to drive the boat, but I'm not sure that they're worth the potential problems that they could cause when furling the mainsail.

Gary
 
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roan

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Aug 20, 2005
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Hunter 33 Montreal
I had what I believe was one of the first 33's with vertical battans. Hull # 327 which is an 06 Hunter 33. I believe that my sail might have been a prototype from somewhere as this was not an option when I got my boat. I asked my dealer if they could find vertical battans and they did. When it was new I had furling problems with the top of the sail. It had nothing to do with the battans. Hunter fixed the top of the sail and since then I never had a problem with the main not furling or unfurling due to the battans. For sure you must make sure that the battans furl in absolutely vertically. I single hand a lot and sometimes in big wind. My sail has not let me down.
 
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