I asked Darren about where he sets his traveller upwind and he had this to say.
"That's a tough call. On the whole, I'd have to say that those who have split traveller systems (which pull to exactly the centre) tend to suffer if they pull the traveller in all the way. As my traveller is standard and doesn't pull all the way there I generally run a couple of inches down from centre anyway - the boat is faster there.'