Two years later we are still using the gross/fine system similar to Rhapsody's in post #3867 on page 2. This only required one new block as shown in the attached picture:
H196 Low Profile Triple Ratchet/150 Cam-Matic/becket (new replaces the H004)
It's possible you can still get the H196 at
http://www.apsltd.com/c-508-ratchetsautoratchets.aspx and save yourself drilling pins.
Standard J/30 triple stays on the boom which provides flexibility in switching between 4:1/4:1 and 6:1/2:1. The triple does not swivel which means tangles only occur at the base. I had the same twisting problems as Mango when testing a swiveling block. Usually crew trims main, so both gross and fine blocks face forward with sheets in front of the traveler. If helm is trimming main, blocks and sheets go aft. Changing from one to the other takes unshackling the boom block and rotating it 180 degrees and is best done at the dock.
I've had a Ronstan Cam Cleat Swivel Arm Base in my tool bin for several years and have wanted to try it out on the H170 Hexa-Cat Base of the gross trim. Space constraints with the trimmers means that it would probably have to face aft while the crew prefer it forward.
The 4:1/4:1 works best in winds under 15 knots. I prefer 6:1/2:1 for heavy air, reeving two more parts of the gross sheet and replacing fine tune's floating double with a single. This is how it is usually left during the heart of the summer since most of our racing is weeknight beer cans when there is little time to fiddle around with gear and thunderstorms are often predicted.
Unlike Rhapsody I keep both ratchets on all the time. Fine tune is long enough to be adjusted by the helm or crew from the rail upwind. Our system has a stopper ball at the junction of the gross tune sheet and whichever floating block is being used.