I have noticed that my Ezzy wave battern just above the boom has broken about an inch or two from the leach. I have never taken one out. I tried today but only got as far as taking the screw out of the end. Couldn't figure the rest out. Maybe I wasn't holding my tongue right? Does it need unstitching? Is it hard to replace? Should i get it done by a sail maker?

On the piece of plastic the screw goes into, about a cm further into the batten sleeve there should be some little hooks on it with some chord looped around it. You have to unloop this chord from the hooks. Its easiest to push the piece of plastic about 1/2 a cm further in so it gets the tension of the chord and then you can use tweezers/ nail file or anything like that to unhook the chord.

Yep the chord is stitched into the sail, so its super important not to break this. You should be able to get a bit of slack on the chord by pushing the plastic part inwards once the screw is out, but it still can be a trough job. i havent broken a batten in my ezzy but it looks like the same system as the five or so others sails ive taken battens out of.

trying to get those batten tensioners out is a pain in the arse.. but trying to get them back in is #@$%^%$## $##% ##$$$$%# @@***** (poo).. get a pair of long nosed pliers and grow a 3rd arm/hand

gis a shout if you want that hand...did u get out today???