Ten new SL 16's are being provided by Performance Catamaran for the U.S. Youth Multihull Championship at the end of March in southern California.

I don't know whether the boats have already been pre-purchased or what, but obviously they are going to be either sold or on the market, one way or the other.

According to what Wouter has told me in the past, the SL 16 will be accepted to race as a Formula 16. That means there will be 10 more potential Formula 16's, at least on the West Coast.

Allowing the SL 16 in as a Formula 16 will not only help to grow the Formula 16 class, but it will also give people more incentives to buy the SL 16 as a youth boat, because it will assure them of more venues to race boat for boat rather than on handicap. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />