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Only advantage to a looser tack line (and therefore looser luff) on the assy is for running deep - helps the assy rotate further to windward and clearer air. So possibly only really useful in subplaning conditions for better VMG I would think.

Following up on Intensity Sails, a kite string winding reel works real well.  I made a few mods to adapt it for the boat, it works crazy good.  The mods were; a spliced loop in the end of the halyard so it can be attached to the reel, removing the small metal line guide and opening up the hole for the halyard, adding a loop and hook to hold the reel onto the hiking strap during use. I can start the main down and it will fall all the way without the halyard snagging.  The reel stores in the starboard under deck pocket. I'll post some pictures if you are interested.

Would like to see some pics of this please.

Hi pike
Sorry re the late reply, not on the forum often.
Not sure if you are asking about fine tune for main halyard or tweaker for MH kite halyard?

I have always thought the main halyard locking off on the horn cleat was the one & only dysfunctional piece of equipment on the VX.
The fine tune for the main halyard is setup identically to the one on the jib halyard.
You need to put a locking brummel eye-splice in the main halyard just beyond where it exits the mast foot when the main is fully hoisted. Into this eye splice you splice the tail of the main halyard. The locking eye-splice is where the fine tune block and tackle hooks into to tension the main halyard (see first pic). The other end of the purchase system connects to an eyestrap for the hiking strap one eye aft of that for the jib fine tune system.

Re the MH spinnaker halyard setup - pics attached. When using the std kite need to lock tweaker down to fractional halyard exit. Tweaker is an elasticated dyneema line which exits front of mast at level of horn cleat (last photo) To use standard kite, tweaker is tensioned and locked off on horn cleat; this holds the Antal ring at the lower halyard exit as per pic attached.

Not a solution for the halyard tangling but a useful one for the slippage - i have set up a halyard fine tune exactly like the jib halyard. Works great, never slips and can allow for stretch in the dyneema halyard. Attaches to the hiking strap eyelet (next one down from jib system and lives tucked away under the spinnaker chute). Not class legal (as yet) I guess but a way better solution than the horn cleat (which I use for the tweaker system for the halyard on my masthead kite setup anyway).

How about GPS max speed but with a track to confirm (Velocitek, TackTracker or similar).
My understanding is the latest claim of 28.4 / 27.5 has been retracted.