many choices, no one "correct" answer
With a traveler on a bridgedeck, you want the dodger to come back to within an inch or three of the mainnsheet. Bimini comes forward and stops short of the end of the boom, if you want head room to stand up in the back of the cockpit. Some owners then have a "joining piece" with a zipper on both sides for those rainy days at the dock or at anchor -- some then keep the mainsheet tackle centered and some move it off clear to one side or the other.
The problem, if you see it that way, is your boat was designed for sailing first, and "pilothouse living" second.
Here is a picture of our small "hatch width" dodger, rafted beside the full width one on an E-33. The later one comes right back to their mainsheet. Ours stops well short due to the long "entry corridore" to access our interior. This is a problem that you would not have, but is common to boats with tri-cabin interiors, like the Olson 34, and Ericson 32-200, 34, and 38-200 series.
Best,
Loren
