John340 said..
I recently had a similar problem. The loop came off and had wrinkles in the sail and still had the wrinkles when the loop re-established. I removed the batten and established I had a broken batten tip. I replaced the broken section, reinstalled and now working perfectly.
I suspect the loop came off in the first place because I had broken the tip, releasing the tension in the batten.
That could be it. I was thinking I could have damaged the tip getting everything together but it may have already been broken.
How did you fix the broken end?
I thought I'd need a new batten.
Really busy this week ɓut I may have a chance to check it out tomorrow.
I might leave fixing it for a while.
I'm having an operation next week and will be off the water for 3 months.
I'll use it as is this week and fix it properly post operation, once I'm good enough to look at it.
