Hi Keith
It was a good weekend, I really enjoyed the change from F18 sailing.
It was the MOCRA Nationals [Multihull offshore Cruising/Racing Assoc]. Bit of a drifter of a weekend except for the 1st race which is not good when the boat has just come off the ship from the US and the crew have not sailed together/on the boat/ atall before! so we didn't really wind her up in the breeze.
For someone that is trying to decide which F to go for, it was very interesting as there did not seem to be 2 boats the same, here is the turnout as I can remember;

seacart 30
F33
F9A
F31
F28r
F27
F25c
Dragonfly 920
Dragonfly 800
Raider 30
Lynx 26
Firebird
Iraquois
Alien [one off]

I like the F27, its probably a fast boat but not in the same league as the F33 or 9A.
Being a racer, I like the special built boats [F25/9A] - the 27 seems a bit over built/rigged because it's a production boat.
Its important for me to get the wife interested and the F27 may be too cramped for her liking[rear double and general headroom]. Certainly the F82 is off the list now.
I am now in a dilema. Track down a decent US F27 and import to UK or spend the same money and build a F32 over 3/4 years?
thanks again for your help

Paul