I see, thanks again for the advice. Shows how much I know, I wouldn't have thought of puttng the jib in front of the reacher. I tried it yesterday the other way around, using the existing reacher bridle. With the reacher tack all the way to the leeward hull it was possible to get both headsails pulling, but very difficult to maintain. The wind was blowing and it zipped along pretty good until I snapped a daggerboard in half. But I've had worse maiden voyages and I do have a spare. The load on it must have been tremendous since they weigh a ton and I had considered them over-built.
It sounds like the compression tube is the way to go.

Matt