The issue is that it is a powerful jib. Has to be larger than the fore triangle to give you the power you love. The battens are a must for the size of the roach. You get what you pay for... It could have been designed weak and ineffective.

Trim battens, pull halyards back. Learn to push the low battens forward to pop the top ones past the mast. It's not that tough.

I route the main halyard to the down haul cleat and then tie it off. The jib halyard can be set behind a hook to hold it aft. We have halyard hooks shown in the catalog (upper right of page 29, spring 2012 issue).

Wish I had a picture!I rivetted a pulley onto my mast. After I raise the jib, before pulling tight I hook the jib halyard line causing it to run right beside the mast. Rarely will the batten hang up on me. Probably not race legal but that matters not to me.

My 16 came with a tiny cheek block to hold the jib halyard back to the side. What I found out was it screwed with the mast rotation when the jib halyard was tight. So I just deal with it now.But do run your main halyard behind your trap/shroud lines, then under your downhaul cleat, then tie it off on the side. That keeps it out of the way!

I find that in decent wind... when you come about, leave the jib cleated until you've fully come about and finished setting the main... at that point, when you unclean the jib, the wind should grab it and snap it over to the other side without getting caught.

I never bothered to get a hook for the mast. Instead, I use a small line to tie the jib halyard back to the downhaul line. (Actually I use the end of the halyard itself).

If the wind isn't too strong and the jib won't go over, pull the jib sheet tight on the lee side and then release it quickly. Many times the wind will pull the battens past the mast. If all else fails, pull it over from the lee side by pushing one of the battens into an arc to leeward and then pull that way. When it is windy, I never have a problem.