We ran ours to the front crossbar and tied off there. Then thru the rear beam with bungee(several loops for length) in the beam with a small block that the line ran thru. Then the line ran back out of the beam and tied off on the rudder gudgeon. This allowed us to be secure from going around the front or(most importantly it turned out) swept off the back.
The article made a good point to not attach the carabiner to you, but to the dogbone.
We would not have made it the first 2 days with out these, and it actually saved energy. We still were getting our feet washed out from under by the BIG waves.
Invaluable for offshore

David Mosley
www.teamseacats.com