If you replace the jib blocks inhaul system, then using a line made of spectra (very strong yet soft) or something similar will help much to reduce the discomfort that the SS cable caused before. It should have enough slack in it to lay flat on the tramp when the jib is not sheeted so that there is no cable to skin your shins on. You can end the lines into shackes that are easy to put on and take off. My crews thanked me when I changed my Mystere 6.0 to this kind of system years ago.

You can pull the jib blocks inboard and sheet the jib in until you backwind the main. It will be hard to notice this early on because of the stiff mylar material and the full length battens so you will have to focus on this to observe it starting. Too small a slot is as slow as too large a gap. Remember to tighten your main outhaul when you are traveled in on the jib. This is best done when the water is smooth, the load is light, and the wind is mild. Rick White refers to this as the 3 Ws and you should buy and read his books for this kind of instruction since he is hosting this forum.