DaveOnCudjoe,
I am thining of the 27. I looked one over a few years ago and if I remember correct it had a sort of sub structure that went down from the tramp/beam. The board was a dagger board setup not a centerboard. The one I looked at was on the hard and the board was not in place. Boat was a little tired so maybe it was missing something. I am not trying to say this thing isn't balanced, I bet it goes just fine. My point was just that if I had to guess this was in someway a workaround for either avoiding cb slots or the like. My point about parts was just, if you break that cb, good luck finding a new one, probably have to make one from scratch. And while H16 are relics they are currently in production relics, with thousands of used/donor boats and a network of dealers to back them up. I would only purchase the original posters find on CL as a novelty, not as an EC boat. But hey, that's what makes the tribe such a neat place, seeing boats of that sort (a little different)on the beach.