Well it is a ladder lock type strap and buckle like you would find on a back pack or something, but I see what you mean. Perhaps they intend you to set it once for ideal tension and then leave it from then on. I bought these sails from some more hard-core types than myself who are always updating ...

Hello, I have a couple of Northwave Sails, a 6.2 and a 5.2 Slalom, and they have these silly plastic buckles with straps for tensioning the battens. The problem is these things break from getting wet, then dry and so on all the time when you go to tension your battens. I need to find someone who can ...