<**** from both sides is just plain fackin' stoopid.
The only people that would come from an F18 have either lost their crews and need a singlehanded spin boat, or they were too light and/or not up to the physical demands of the larger boat in the first place. There is nothing outside of those two things that would pull anyone from a F18. The flip side is the F16 class is more likely to loose people to F18 because a bigger team didn't buy enough boat.
If I had steady crew, (or if anyone could stand being on a floating kitchen table with me for extended periods), I'd be on an F18.
I miss MX, things were settled over a few punches, much cleaner than this pissy, little girl with a skinned knee approach.