Full Batten vs Standard Batten

[Gulfsailor]

Buying new sails. 

My loft always recommends our mainsail be fully battened. I've seen others that go standard with partial battens.

I'm wondering, Did C34's come with full or partial battens?

[Ted Pounds]

All the original sails were partial battens. 

[waughoo]

I prefer full batten.  It helps keep the shape especially in lighter air.  I honestly can't see much reason to go partial unless the cost delta was significant and one was severely cost constrained.

[scgunner]

Listen to your loft.

[rmjohns]

I would guess what was included from the factory varied by year, but the 1998 specification http://www.c34.org/images/c34_98_specs.jpg shows a full batten main with the dutchman flaking system. It also had a single reef point. My boat had that full batten main when I bought it a few years ago.  I stayed with full battens on my new sail, but I went with a couple more reefs.