Art Stevens just forwarded the following to me:

11-11-06 La Baule, France
IT IS OFFICIAL, the Sirena SL16 will be for the first time the catamaran for young sailors at the ISAF Youth Worlds 2008 that will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, in July 2008. Indeed, the Danish Sailing Federation, following a series of demon-strations and tests completed with the Northern Europe distributor of Sirena (the famous Borresen Company), decided to select the SL16.
The SL16, a modern catamaran designed by Yves Loday (gold medal at the Olympics of Barcelona in 1992) and developed with Sirena, brings performance and innovation in the world of multihull sailing.
May 2006: the ISAF council has added the SL16 to the list of dinghies for ISAF events; and, following a series of tests, the SL16 was already nominated since November 2005 as the 'preferred' catamaran for youth worlds.
For 2009, the Brazilian Federation has decided to select existing classic dinghies (the SL16 is not yet built locally and the cost of import is still a barrier). Nevertheless, since Brazil is a very pro-active country for youth sailing, Sirena is establishing contacts in view to develop a strategic partnership: 'The objective is to transfer the technology over a period of 4 years and to achieve local manufacturing of the SL16' as stated by Olivier Morel, the Managing Director of Sirena-Voile.
The SL16 just completed the European season with one more brillant victory during the traditional 'Armistice' November 11 regatta in Bordeaux/France (first, third and fifth place among 39 catamarans in the 16 feet category).

In a few days at the Paris boat show the SL16 will be exhibited again, while the class association (www.slica16.org) prepares the Second SL16 GOLD CUP regatta which will take place in La Baule, France from August 25th to 28th, 2007.

SL 16's are already being built in the U.S. by Performance Catamarans.