Olympic Aero ?

No it was the d-zero which had deck extenders and a different sail

I think the part of the report that the D-zero being too technical because it has mast rake chock and different traveler systems so distracting from the athleticism speaks volumes of the direction they want the sport to go. Also I don’t think the D-zero or the M14 are really set up for global one design quality production. 

To my highly biased and partisan eye, and given other information coming from the trials from admittedly dubious sources, the report reads like a document compiled by people with a certain agenda, who want to appear as if they are going through an appropriate process. Plenty for me doesn't add up to what I have heard from sailors who have sailed 3 of the 4 boats on trial, and sounds like justification for statements was based on heresay rather than fact or experience.

That said I think that WS have let themselves down by keeping the laser regardless of who the pretender is.  I think too much was made of universality, as any of the pretenders is still a plug and play una singlehander, for which the laser could be a perfectly good trainer / feeder etc.