NO, it is not the Stream (spitfire with skegs) and that is a real pitty as that would have been so good for us F16's

It is this boat :



The specs are

Builder Sirena
sailplan : Main, jib, spi (asymm)
Skegs, no boom and what you see in the pic is black anodised aluminium, I don't expect carbon to be allowed anywhere.

Overall weight : 153 kg
Hull length : 4.81 mtr
width ; 2.32 mtr
mast : 8 mtr (alu extrusion)
Main sail ara ; 12.5 sq. mtr.
Jib area : 3.75 sq. mtr.
spi area : 17 sq. mtr. (with 75 % girth rule)

Texel/ISAF ratings about 115 to 118 (F18 are about 101-102 and H16 are about 116)

But I think the little boat is faster than this rating (That is why I designed to NMBR system to take out such errors)


It is the upgraded version of the KL15.5 - SL 15.5 ; The boat had a few name changes. The SL 15.5 is the boat that is show in that poupular French sailing DVD of a few weeks back. The youngsters are sailing that one. There is quite a bit of footage of that boat and it does sail quite well. My personal opinion is that it really is a REAL boat. The youths will appreciate that. And I expect it to be deceptively fast as well. That is when sailed at 110-125 kg. Two adults will not be thrilled by it.

I am just a little bit puzzled by the price though :

11.000 Euro's that is only 500 Euro's cheaper than a fully fitted Stealth F16 with a carbon mast. So much for keeping the boat simple to reduce costs. I fully expected this boat to be priced a little more attractively as adults will not really be draw to this design. And I don't see many 12 year old youngsters getting this baby for their birth day. On the other hand the European Hobie 16 wasn't priced cheaper as well.

Wouter