I am very comfortable roll tacking the H16. I learned to do this on my Apollo 16 and it is a lot easier to do on the H16. The crew I usually sail with insists on backing the jib to pull the bows through the wind. I hate it because:
#1 we lose all our momentum and don't carry any forward motion into the next tack.
#2 I have seen it done properly and it is very efficient.

My main problem with the H16 is that with a combined crew weight of around 330 pounds, in a fresh breeze, we were constantly backing off to keep the lee bow from digging in. That is with me on the back rail and the crew on the wire at the rear corner casting. It sucked dumping wind. I might have the same problem on the N5.2, but from what I have read, it can be pushed quite a bit harder. I'm loving this thread... thanks to everyone for the input.
-Rob