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.