Hi Bill

thanks again for taking your time and tips!
They way you describe it, would be logic, but it is just the opposite, because all the upper battens look fine. They have the right profile and only the lower two have this s-bend. It gets worse from above to downward.
I can pull the outhaul through and the s-bend persists.
the battens come from Scott Anderson ("Fibre Foam" Battens) in Austria and are tapered and straight. the stiffer end of the batten is at the leech. Maybe the battens are two soft? These are the same battens they use in tornado, so they should be ok!?

good sailing!