That is always the problem with a boat that is so wide it has seperate postal codes... on a dead down run you need them outside, but as soon as the pole goes forward you need them inside.

I always go outside because we usually have enough wind for near ddw. My crew also pointed out that pressure on the stanchions/lifelines is probably better than a bunch of pressure on the shrouds.

We tweak the guy and the sheet is free unless we are near out of control. We tweak both for heavy wind gybes.