"It appeared as though the tiller arms were longer, and the tiller crossbar simply was in front of the traveler tack with the tiller extension attached."
That's how the SolCat 18 is set up.
I like the way it works except it has to miss the rear stays, the crew, controll lines and hiking straps. I got used to it pretty quick.
It looks like a lot of these challenges would be irrelevent on this configuration.