I was just talking with a Cali sailor about that very thing. I'm told that a bunch of F18 guys are on 16s in preparation for Nationals and Worlds. The guy I was talking with estimated about half of them (eight or so in SoCal) would be back on F18 for next season. I'm moving to the LA area with an F18, so I hope that is true.

There are ten or twelve F18s in Florida that race, but some have gone back to the Nacra 20 for things like Tybee and N20 Nationals in Pensacola this October. I understand that Performance will allow an open class at Nacra Nationals, and several F18 guys are talking about going - it is one week after F18 Nationals in Texas is over.