I use this method of sheeting myself--it's practically a necessity for a boomless rig, as the sheeting point needs to be as far aft, and as far outboard, as you can get it. A traveler would work, but a rigid bar type traveler prevents the tiller from pivoting up to save space when needed, so I don't use one.
You could run the sheet through a ring that slides on a line led over the tiller from gunwale to gunwale, but the slack in the line (necessary to reach over the tiller) creates an inverted V shape, and the ring gets caught in the V and won't slide far enough outboard for proper sheeting angles.
That said, I don't think it's any more likely to get your sheets in a tangle with this method--and perhaps less so. Certainly less so than with a double mainsheet (like a jib), which would be another option to get proper sheeting angles. It's a simple turn-and-pivot move that you get used to pretty quickly. I rarely miss a tack (and when I do, it's probably sailing reefed with enough wave action to stop the bow).
Gybing in heavy winds is the one place where a little extra caution is needed, I've found. I usually deal with that by running a line over the tiller so I have a traveler as a back-up. Then I can unhook the sheet from the cleat on the windward side, and simply let it slide over on the traveler as far as it will go without needing to lean to leeward to hook the sheet (not ideal, but good enough until I have a moment to hook it on the cleat farther outboard).
I just don't think this method is any more prone to mistakes than center sheeting. It's different, that's all. You have to spin around backwards, but once you have the timing down, it's simple.
Tom
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