Hi all,

Well have had the Koyote now for about a Month.

Sailed it for two two weeks and it feels good.

My old sail was a two cammed sail and very power driven at 20+knts sometime out of control, the Koyote is very forgiving at same windspeed and alot more control.

There is alot more tuning range with the Koyote which is great because you can stay on the water longer with the sail as the wind changes, this is all compared to my other two cammed sail 5.8 and the Koyote is a 6.6.

On the other side of the coin is the rigging. Inparticular sleeving the mast to the top, this is alittle difficult. I need to crunch the sail up abit at the top and keep pulling the mast at the same time for the mast to sit at the fixed head, my concern is all the crunch and creasing of the sail that it won't rip the sail also the de rigging the mast top sometimes seperates from the bottom and you need to again push and crease the sail abit to remove the top part of the sail. Being a new fresh sail it will take A few more times rigging and derigging to get easier.

Once rigged it is great, good range easy ajustments and very happy to be on the water in control, I still need to improve my sailing but the sail feels good.

Some photos of the Koyote.






Hey Mr Love if viewing the photos does the sail look riggred clean or do I need some ajustments.

Keen for any feed back

Thanks
Walt

Looks pretty good to me. Maybe the bottom batten could be tighter, the bottom 3 can be tensioned pretty firmly.
Regards Martin

Hi Martin,

Thanks for your reply, yes I will tension those battens and the bottom batten definately now that I look at it needs more tension so it curves the same as the rest as the last photo shows it curved the other way.

Thanks again Martin for all your service with my issues about rigging, and you responded to all my emails straight away.

If anyone is considering purchasing a KA sail rest assured that you have top notch back up service from the KA team.

Kind Regards
Walt

You also need a new boom mate...

You can minimise the scrunching if you use dry lube on your mast. Sailcoat spray is the stuff to use. Spray it on the mast. It drys in a few seconds. When you insert the mast it coats the inside of the luff tube making it very easy to insert and remove the mast. You only have to use it a couple of times in a season.

Hey NotWal,

Thanks for your interest

This Sailcoat spray were is it sold and do you use it if so does it eat any of the material that you have noticed.

It would really make the rigging alot easier by the sound of it.

What sail have you experienced the mast problem on?

Kind Regards
Walt

Hi Walt,

Sailcoat <edit> (that's not the correct spelling) is available at ships chandlers, not all of them so it's wise to ring first. I've used it on all my sails at some time. Its safe to use on any sailcloth as far as I know. It was a recommended practice for light monofilm race sails in the days before the wide luffs because it enabled rigging with minimal scrunching.

Its time I got some more.

The Koyote (sic) looks pretty nice. I have my doubts about that silver x-ply though.
The stuff I've seen on other sails looks tragic after a season or two.

my KA kults are a little tight in the sleeve at the head when new. this goes away with use. i "accordian" my sails onto the mast when rigging. have not caused any problems becasue they are xply. i do take more care with monofilm sails.

to derig the sail it's the opposite. you pull the sail up the mast from the bottom. hold the mast above the boom curout then push the excess off the tip. once the mast gets past the top 5cm of head cloth it will easily slide out.

the sailkote is great stuff. it has never damaged my gear. i haven't used it for a season though becasue i mainly used it on big race sails and this season has been windy.

the tip is to only spray the top half of the mast and keep it away from the boom head area.

Here's a tip to stop your mast coming apart inside the sail when you are de-rigging. Keep a roll of electrical insulation tape inside your kit. Use it to wrap a turn and a half or two around the mast at the join. Stops the mast coming apart problem, and is good to keep sand and crap out of the join. Generally, I can get around 5 to 10 re-uses out of one bit of tape before I need to break off a new bit...