The point being;

You're sailing a SLUG!
Tripp designed the 27 to compete in the 1/2 Ton rated IOR class and it
failed. Failed badly. Beaten by Cals, San Juans, Pearsons, Newports,
even the old Columbia 26 outperformed it in IOR. That was boat on boat,
no handicap

Sorry to brake the news to you after all these year but I thought you
knew.

You are sailing a Slug, and that stands for slow. and that as a R/C
spells failure.
It went back limping to sailing in PHRF and watch it value drop out of
the leaking bottom around the keel bolts

Just a Little More Enlightenment (G)

Ole Thom