I sailed the Falcon F18 at LA, and although we hadn´t that much time on it we felt it was an incredible fast boat upwind in any condition with good volume a la Infusion for margin downwind in the breeze.

Left, Gill on their first sail in Belguim.
The German Falcon F18 , sailed by Joerg Gosche -- German Champion F18 2012 -- and Michael Walther -- extreme 40 sailor, German Champion 2007/2008 (www.zeroemissions.eu) --, will be sailing Round Texel and later in the year the F18 worlds.
For more info contact Gill at TheBoatShop.be