Hi Brandon ,
This is my opinion and shared by many including Mr. Konishi , when fishing onboard a heavy boat , one can exert pressure by leaning back without worrying about sudden movement of the boat that will topple you , such is the case when WV was during final testing of WV , Mr. Konishi was fishing onboard a Bertram 42
C which is a 20+ ton boat .
On a lighter boat , such pressure can't not be applied and by reversing the boat , the momentum of a heavy boat with slow deliberate movement is different than that of a skiff , hence in many case the angler will lose balance and the big GT takes control of the fight .
That is why Mr. Konishi never use heavy tackles on Nomad's skiffs but more likely will use TBL series , such rods are more forgiving than SP n WV series and can compensate the sudden movements of the boat and or the fish without putting hurt on the anglers .
There is no right or wrong in this case , just have to be clever about choosing the tackles to suit the situations ( boat , current , fishing ground , type of fish , own prowess , etc. ) . I happen to fish Komodo extensively and have tried to fish it in various boat from a Bertram 42C to a 9' RIB dinghy , now I settled for a Black Watch 30SF as the middle ground .
Jon .