Zuhl, there is a long thread about battens, called "How do you tie your battens? Here is the link to that thread: http://www.catsailor.com/forums/sho...amp;Main=21444&Search=true#Post22866

In that thread someone gave a link to the Australian High Performance Catamaran website, which has a diagram of a good way to tie in battens. Here is a link to that (the diagram is in the Owners Manual section):
http://www.ahpc.com.au/.

Hope this helps.