I totally agree with that, Jake.
And getting your weight more outboard can only be done with a pole.

A simple but strong enough pole with on one end a forkisch like end-piece which you put and let rest in the corner of the forebeam and the down-hull will do (the other pole end is attached to the uphaul line which comes from above.

Now a very simple method of testing this and determing the appropriate lenght of the pole (and the length of the uphaulline) is "dry-swimming".
Pull your cat, fully rigged, on a beach on its side. Mount your pole and try to lift everything back. Imitate if your on the water.

Bare in mind that an actual capsized position in the water is less difficult (or at least the same) then what you have just tried. Because in the water the down-hull is deeper in the water then on the sand. (Assuming that the masttop in the watersituation is just level with the surface, so use a ball!)

ronald reeder