NP RS Slalom III Cam adjustment

I have a question on the batten holders in the RSS III.
I am using an X6 mast.
Does changing the position of the rope (3 positions) on the batten holder change the draft of the sail?
After a bit of research and asking a few people, all I got was a few "I am not sure"




The ends of the rope attach to the trailing edge of the cam, they loop around the rear screws of the cam.
If you shorten the length of the batten , use hole number 3, with the same batten tension does this allow the cam to rotate more?

Or do I just put more tension into the batten to get more draft and tighter cams?

No. Changing the position of the rope changes the length of the batten. I have noticed though that sometimes the ropes aren't long enough so make sure that the rope is long enough to let the cam move back into the sail.

Edit- I suppose effectively changing the length of the batten or rope will move the draft by a few cm's but not really enough to notice- putting on half a cm of downhaul would change the draft position more.

or you could just watch the video on the NP website which explains all I just did. By changing the position in the batten end you are changing the length of the batten. Technically almost everyone with x6's on rsr's will be running it on the inside hole. RSS's are made for x6's so should be on middle hole, though only a few of the cams on my rsr's from factory had it on the middle hole, most are on the inside hole. This is because the extra diameter of the x6 pushes the cam back into the sail a bit more- more batten tension/moving the rope to the outer holes wont let the cam move so much unless you lengthen the rope.

The yellow rope in the pic holds the cam at the right angle to the mast but the cam should be checked that it is seated properly after rigging as you tie the cam at it's outside point in relation to the luff sleeve- when the mast pushes the cam back it can be sitting at the wrong angle and will break the cam.

Batten tension is relevant to the cam tension in the pryde system. It is a good idea allowing the cam to push back in the sail during rotation but it's just not quite perfect yet. The ideal is that the batten and cam tension work independantly but the cam can move back into the sail during rotation yet maintain tension when the sail has the correct foil.