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I've always found that keeping the lazy sheet reasonably tight when tacking stops the sheets getting wrapped around each other and makes the whole thing manageable. One should then take the boat through head-to-wind before releasing the (now) windward sheet and only once the sail has backed is the sheet released and the sail taken in on the other side. If you're real quick, you can achieve most of the sail set before the sail fills and needs a winch.
Using spinny blocks way back on the boat prevents proper setting of the headsail because there can be no tension placed on the leech, all the tension comes onto the foot and the leech is then allowed to open and so on. Using a jib car on the deck even way back on the track allows one to place the car at a point where the foot and the leech can be controlled for better sail set.
I assume the sail we're discussing is a light-air sail with a 150+ overlap? Such a sail shouldn't be used in winds over 8 to 10 knots and at this level should remain manageable. Any wind speeds over this will stretch the heck out of the sail over time anyway.
Hope I'm not confused about the question.
Andre
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