I like to remove the battens from the main before folding the sail and stuffing it and the battens in the sail bag. Being an orderly kind of guy I have been keeping them together with a rubber band which get misplaced almost every time I remove it to reinsert the battens.
While doing some sprinker head relocating in my yard this weekend I came across the idea of storing the battens inside of a length of 1/2" plastic pipe.
Photo shows the pipe, a 1/2 x 3/4 adapter and a threaded 3/4" cap. The other end of the tube has a standard 1/2" cap. The 3/4" threaded cap is tethered with a short length of stout line. Drill a small breather hole in the bottom of the standard cap. (Just because it seems like a good idea to me.) Total cost of material including a 10' piece of 1/2" pipe: about $2.50.
This won't guarantee that you will remember to put in the battens before launching and leaving them in your sail bag in your car, but it might help.
While doing some sprinker head relocating in my yard this weekend I came across the idea of storing the battens inside of a length of 1/2" plastic pipe.
Photo shows the pipe, a 1/2 x 3/4 adapter and a threaded 3/4" cap. The other end of the tube has a standard 1/2" cap. The 3/4" threaded cap is tethered with a short length of stout line. Drill a small breather hole in the bottom of the standard cap. (Just because it seems like a good idea to me.) Total cost of material including a 10' piece of 1/2" pipe: about $2.50.
This won't guarantee that you will remember to put in the battens before launching and leaving them in your sail bag in your car, but it might help.