Originally Posted by jody
how tight are you running the flatter spin on the sheets.


This should not matter. The sail should fly within a broad range of sheet tension settings.
Rig the sail with the luff tension “in the ball park” 45-90 degrees with a fist twist. Then sail it.
You can try different sheeting angles to see then if that is the issue or the sail is just a bad cut. If it is relatively light have the crew below and hold the sheets simulating more forward or a more aft sheet location. Forward will pull the leach and aft will pull the foot more. If it is windy it is easy to rig a quick moveable sheet point much like the old barberhauler system on my H20.

The F16 has a max hoist height and a max spin pole length, so the potential combination of triangles for the sail are pretty limited. The Viper has a higher set pole but on the Blade if you jack up the pole the jib is also moved, so watch out screwing up that sail trim in the process. I would not go drilling new holes or cutting strikers off until you know that this is the fix that will actually work.