ISAF has confirmed that provisional status has not been granted to the SL 16 class. I am told that the organizer is being notified by ISAF about Regulation 26.4, which makes it unlikely that the class will be able to call its event a world championship (or anything that implies such).

The ISAF Council does have the power to waive the usual requirements for Recognized or International Class because of the unique purpose of this class as a youth boat. I guess we will see if that happens at the ISAF spring meeting. I'm betting NOT, because I would think ISAF would like to see more of the boats in the market and more widely distributed in the world before they decide whether it is necessary to bend the rules for the class.

On the other hand, maybe the manufacturers will persuade ISAF that in this case the cart has to come before the horse.

Kind of hard to convince people to buy these boats as youth boats if there is no guarantee that the class will ever get ISAF Class status. And they have to achieve that status before it can be actually used as the boat for the ISAF Youth Worlds, even though it has been designated as the alternative multihull equipment along with the Hobie 16 w. spin.

And, as Wouter pointed out, it is even more confusing considering that the Hobie 16 with spin also is not an ISAF International or Recognized Class.