After some experimentation yesterday, it appears that the sheeting position is to blame. Trey sheeted it by hand from "about the shrouds" and he said it was instantaneous acceleration.

We'll have to do some more tweaking, but moving the sheeting blocks forward will definitely happen this week.

As far as snuffers for the 6.0, the bridle assembly presents a tricky situation. if the hoop is at the end of the pole, or maybe 3/4ths up the pole, is that enough room to keep clear of all the snaggy bits of the bridle?