Last year, Sirena was selected by the French Sailing Federation to produce the official Catamaran for youths, the SL15.5, which was already a very popular Catamaran being used in many sailing schools in France. Yves Loday and Sirena decided to develop a new Catamaran which would be compatible with the SL15.5 but with a bigger rig in order to be used by teenagers, mixed crews and adults. This is the SL16. The SL16 has the same platform as the SL15.5 but a bigger rig and a powerful main sail. The advantage of this compatibility is that the sailing program may be changed often and the platform could be used by different crews of differing size and weight. Sirena is the master licensee of the SL16.