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| Producer: | UK Sailmakers (UK) |
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| Producer: | UK Sailmakers (UK) |
UK-Halsey customer Robert Henderson was a racing sailor before buying a 40-foot pilothouse cruising so that he could take off for ocean passagemaking . The boat came with an in-mast furling mainsail, which he liked from a safety point of view, but hated from a performance point of view. The sail had no shape and negative roach. All the sail´s performance characteristics were traded away so that it would roll into the mast easily. As a result he developed and patented the AirBatten system that has battens that can be individually inflated after the sail rolls out of the mast and deflated in order to roll the sail back into the mast. By being able to inflate and deflate the battens individually, the sail can be reefed by deflating some of the battens and keeping others stiff. The Airbattens are stiff enough to support a mainsail with enough roach to overlap the backstay, while keeping the leech of the sail straight. Roach and a flat leech give a main sail great power when going to windward and increased sail area for sailing downwind. In fact, Henderson has won some singlehanded races with his boat after replacing his shapeless underpowered sail with a full-sized main equipped with Airbattens. The system can work with a mainsail made out of any material and construction layout. Mark Wood´s UK-Halsey loft in Miami has worked with Henderson and builds these sails for their group.
