In the picture of the 16, they ARE travelled all the way out.

That's me driving at the Hobie MidWinter's East (leading that race, BTW )

Here's the photo before I jibed:

That Kirk Newkirk in 2nd; Bill Jeffers in 3rd. Look at how high #'s 4 and 5 are sailing.

I tend to carry a looser rig in those conditions, which lets it flop forward, thus there's a lot of space between the blocks. Really powers up the rig.

I'd never do that in any kind of waves when it's blowing that hard (about 12-15 kts). You'd be asking for a swim.

You can also see the tell-tale placement better in that photo.