With the spinny flying, I always keep the traveler line in my hand to depower when necessary. I've also never been that concerned about letting the traveler go to the end of the track (stopper knot on the traveler line). Just last weekend we had a nasty windshift on the course that left us double trapped tight reaching with the chute in a lumpy breeze to get to A mark. The traveler was critical to us being able to get there without having to bear away off our lay line. There's nothin like trapping on the stern while your crew is trapping at the rear beam on an I20 with the kite up.