I happened to be driving by H&S Yacht Sales in Marina del Rey (CA) a few days ago and saw a 27X in the lot. I looked it up and found they have been racing her for two months in the bay with a lot of success. See the link.I hope Hunter has the flexibility to run some of the other lines in an X configuration for club racing. I think it's good for the image as well as refining the boats.Rick D.