Yes, I have considered a F27 with asymetric spin set up. I even took a test drive on one with Steve Marsh back before the F28 came out. When I talk of "family cruising" I really mean family day sailing, two days in a row. I doubt if my wife would spend more than one night on board before she wants to "camp out" at the nearest Hilton, so I'm thinking as long as it has a porta-poti and a place to take a nap, maybe a stove for coffee in the morning and maybe soup. She is not going to do the whole Blue Water cruising thing, ever. But I would like to be able to race a couple times a year, in a one design type fleet, which means either the F24 or 28R. The 28R's seem to cost about Double what a F24 costs. And they require more experienced crew to race well vs. the 24. I am wondering if it's worth double the money to get the 28R if we are going to be sleeping at the Sarasota Hilton anyway...