Foot Batten Breakage

Depending on your tacking/gybing technique and body size, the foot batten can break quite often. You can get the official replacement from Fulcrum, or you can get Laser battens (get the “practice” ones to save $), and cut them to length.

Removing a broken batten is difficult. It’s made easier by inserting a batten in parallel with the broken part, so you can jimmy the broken bit against the backing of the other batten.