Thanks for your thoughts, I now have some idea of what we are trying to do.
the boat in the vid is 3-up, what are the crew jobs upwind in a breeze? 1 helming, 1 mainsheeter and the other on the jib?
Whats the way to respond to gusts - just mainsheet or a bit of traveller/jib action too?
I have been lucky enough to do a bit of the Seacart thing,but they are way above my price range. If this weekend goes well, i may be posting to find reasonably priced F27s for sale on the US East coast.

Thanks again

paul