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Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012

Fellow racers, you might be interested in getting a head start on rules changes for next season. Drafts have been circulating on some of the sailing forums, but the official version is now up at the ISAF: http://isaf.org/20348.php

Here is a good blog that has been following some of the changes: http://rrsstudy.blogspot.com/

Updated definitions: http://rrsstudy.blogspot.com/2008/08/racing-rules-of-sailing-2009-2012.html
Three boat-length zone in rule 18: http://rrsstudy.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-rule-18-three-length-zone-in-rr...
More on rule 18: http://rrsstudy.blogspot.com/2008/09/rrs-18-on-and-off-in-rrs-2009-2012....

I think it would be great to have some between-seasons meetings for interested racers to go over the new rules together.

Olympic Racing Online from NBC

NBC is offering very high quality videos of Oylmpic sailing action. You will need to install the free Silverlight media player software, offered at the site. Here is the link:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/index.html

Class Splits for 2008 Wednesday Night Series

Class splits were modified to reflect the changing fleet size.  Two fleets were established and each fleet was split into like type boats.  These splits are not definitive.  If you