>>So does your outhaul also trim/ease easily under mainsheet load?

Well mine doesn't yet as I'm still using a quick fix there. I was in a hurry to get the boat sorted and since then haven't taken the time to build the system that I want. Actually it is a piece of cake but I haven't got round to it. It is more or less the same as the Taipan system but than 4:1 and using less blocks. The Taipan system works really well and again smoothly. No rail or car are used here. Only a loop that goes around the boom and transmits the load directly from the mainsheet to the mainsail. Only drawback is that while broad reaching under main sail alone the foot of the mainsail is pulled tight because the traveller is far out. However when sailing with a spinnaker the maintraveller is much further in and so this drawback is not present anymore. For spi sailing this system is the best, the cheapest and does all you want.

Wouter