ABC's
Philipine van Aanholt takes the Girls' Splash World Championship Title for 2008
Like the previous story: Old News but Good News!

Late in July, Sixteen year old Philipine van Aanholt, from Curacao, brought home the Girls' World Splash Championship title from Tavira, Portugal. Ben Lutze from New Zealand took the Boys' World title.
Aug 28, 2008, 10:03 PST

ABC's
IODA North American Championship
This article was just sent and although it is "old news", it is also very news worthy.

On Jan Thiel Beach, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles , from June 28 - July 5, 205 competitors from 25 countries, and 5 continents competed in the IODA (International Optimist Dinghy Association) North American Championship. Reigning champion Raul Rios of Puerto Rico retained his title by the narrowest of margins in the final race of the championship. If he had not won the race or Rachel Lee (SIN) had registered another bullet, their positions would have been reversed. 2006 North American champion Ivan Aponte and Singapore's Russell Kan were also still very much in contention.
Aug 28, 2008, 09:47 PST

General
Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race: Early Indications of the Largest Fleet in a Decade
The Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC) announces the official opening for entries in the 29th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race. Schedule to start on February 6, 2009 just outside of Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades, the race – known affectionately by sailors as ‘Mo Bay’ – runs 811 nautical miles to Montego Bay, Jamaica and offers navigators, tacticians and crews a challenging all-points-of-sail blast to a fabled destination. The current race record is held by Titan 12, set in 2005, with an impressive elapsed time of 2 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes and 42 seconds.
Aug 21, 2008, 15:29 PST

Antigua
Antigua Sailing Week Announces a New Format for the 2009 Edition
The Stanford Antigua Sailing Week continues to attract the top racing boats from around the world to the Caribbean to compete for the prestigious Lord Nelson’s Trophy. Following on from a successful 2008 edition a new Race Committee was appointed to review the event and chart the way forward. The outcome is an exciting new format for 2009 that should appeal to all competitors of the Stanford Antigua Sailing Week from the bareboat charterer to the maxi yacht skipper.
Aug 20, 2008, 17:04 PST

General
The Year of the Caribbean Sailor, 2008 Opti Worlds
250 sailors from 53 countries - finished Thursdayin Cesme, Turkey with the final three races of the 15 race series. 2008 was the year of Caribbean sailors, even more than 2007 belonged to New Zealand. Raul Rios (PUR), already North American champion, won with two races to go and good results in all wind conditions. Ian Barrows (ISV),still with two years left in the Class, can be proud of his silver. Puerto Rico won the exciting team-racing final and USVI took bronze. To cap it all Puerto Rico also won the Miami Herald Trophy for the team with the lowest cumulative points of the best four sailors. Bronze was taken by Kristien Kirketerp (DEN) just one point ahead of Mathias Derren.
Jul 25, 2008, 18:27 PST

Puerto Rico
Coast Guard To Enforce Safety Zone Regulation For Swim Across San Juan Harbor
Coast Guard Sector San Juan boat crews will be enforcing a Safety Zone Regulation for the swim across San Juan Harbor Sunday (July 20) from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Jul 19, 2008, 15:31 PST

Antigua
RORC Caribbean 600: First Offshore Caribbean Circumnavigation Race, February 2009
The Royal Ocean Racing Club and Antigua Yacht Club will run the first offshore race to circumnavigate some of the Caribbean islands. This exciting new race will be called the RORC Caribbean 600.
Jul 17, 2008, 17:05 PST

General
The Records Tumbled at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship

Mayumi Roller from Virgin Islands, Laser Radial class, on the 4th racing day of this years Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship.