Kirt,
Rick worded that sentence a little awkwardly, and I can see how it could have been misunderstood. He and Calvert both know that the F16 and F14 classes are open as far as sails. What he was saying was that he was sorry he could not tell Calvert that those two classes are "taking off," as the Formula 18 has.

I'm sure that will be changing soon for the F16, now that we have a U.S. builder. Very exciting!

And, yes, Rick is going to the uni regatta.