US SAILING

Race Administration

Welcome to the Race Administration website.  Race Administration represents the interests of all racing sailors by bringing together the race officers who run races, the judges and the technical experts who write the racing rules and hear appeals. The Race Administration Committee promotes communications among its constituent committees and co-ordinates their activities to improve the quality of sailboat racing. This site includes links and information that are common to the constituent committees. (Click here to see  members of the Race Administration Committee.)

 Web Pages for the Committees within Race Administration

  • Race Management - The Processes and Officials Involved With Running Races

  • Judges - The Procedures and Officials Involved With Judging Races

  • Umpires - The Procedures and Officials Involved With Umpiring Races

  • Racing Rules - Responsible for the Racing Rules of Sailing

  • Appeals - Hear Appeals on Decisions Regarding the Racing Rules

Note: Interpretations of the racing rules that appear on these web pages are the carefully considered opinions of the US SAILING committee responsible for their content. However, they are not official US SAILING interpretations of the rules in the sense that interpretations by the US SAILING Appeals Committee are. As provided by Appendix F of the racing rules, only the Appeals Committee can act to interpret the racing rules on behalf of US SAILING. Racing rule 70 describes how such interpretations can be obtained.


Race Officials' Insurance Program FAQs by the Race Administration Committee  

RRS 75.3 Waiver or Release of Liability Indemnification/Hold Harmless Clauses
 

Harman Hawkins Trophy 

The Harman Hawkins Trophy is US SAILING's award for excellence in race administration that is awarded yearly (the first award was presented at the 2005 Spring Meeting) to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the sport of sailing in the field of Race Administration (Judging, Umpires, Race Management, Appeals and Racing Rules). Click here for additional information.

Utilities for Race Officials

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Ombudsman for Filing a Grievance or Appealing a Rule 69 Decision

Do you have questions about the process for filing a grievance under Regulation 15 or an appeal of a rule 69 decision?  An ombudsman is now available to help racing sailors understand what procedures o follow when filing a grievance or an appeal of a rule 69 decision.  The ombudsman is Bob Lane. Anyone who has questions about the filing processes may contact Bob Lane. This position was created by the US SAILING Executive Committee to provide sailors with quick answers to their questions and to help them avoid the pitfalls associated with these processes.

Announcements

Click here to see who has been recently appointed by the Judges, Race Management & Umpire Committees.