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This appendix is a US SAILING prescription
See rules 70 and 71. This appendix replaces Appendix F as adopted by the International Sailing Federaltion. The US SAILING Appeals Committee act as the national authority within the meaning of rules 70.1 and 71.
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F1
| WHERE TO FILE AN APPEAL OR REQUEST
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F1.1
| Except as provided in rule F1.3, an appeal of a decision of a protest committee or a request by a protest committee for confirmation or correction of its decision shall be sent to the Race Administration Director at US SAILING (Box 1260, Portsmouth, RI 02871), who will forward it to the association appeals committee for the place in which the event was held. US SAILING charges no fee for forwarding an appeal. However, the association appeals committee may require that a fee be paid before an appeal or request will be considered.
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F1.2
| Appeals of decisions of an association appeals committee, requests by an association appeals committee for confirmation or correction of its decisions, and all requests for interpretations of rules shall be made to the US SAILING Appeals Committee.
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F1.3
| Appeals of decisions of a protest committee of a US SAILING national championship and requests by such a committee for confirmation or correction of its decisions shall be made to the US SAILING Appeals Committee.
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F2
| TO APPEAL OR MAKE A REQUEST
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F2.1
| To appeal the decision of a protest committee or association appeals committee a party to the hearing shall, within 15 days of receiving the written decision being appealed or a protest committee's decision not to reopen a hearing, send an appeal and a copy of the decision to the US SAILING Race Administration Director. The appeal shall state why the appellant believes the committee's decision or its procedures were incorrect. If an appeals fee is required it must be received before the appeal will be considered. The fee for appeals to US SAILING is $25 for an appellant who is a member of US SAILING or another national authority and $75 for all others.
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F2.2
| The appellant shall also send, with the appeal or as soon as possible thereafter,
any of the following documents that are available to her:
- the written protest(s) or request(s) for redress;
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if the appeal is from a decision of an association appeals committee, the written decision of the protest committee,
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a diagram, prepared or endorsed by the protest committee, showing the positions and tracks of all boats involved, the course to the next mark and its required side, the speed and direction of the wind and, if relevant, the depth of the water and the speed and direction of any current,
- the notice of race, the sailing instructions, any other conditions governing the event, and any changes to them;
- any additional relevant documents and
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the names and addresses of all parties to the hearing and the protest
committee chairman.
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F2.3
| To request confirmation or correction of its
decision, a protest committee or association appeals committee shall send to the US SAILING Race Administration Director a copy of its decision and all relevant documents and comments. There is no fee for requests for confirmation or correction made to US SAILING.
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F2.4
| To request an interpretation of the rules, a club or other organization affiliated to US SAILING Race Administration Director its request, which shall include assumed facts. The fee for requests for interpretation of the rules is $25. A US SAILING committee is considering to be an organization affiliated to US SAILING but need not pay the fee.
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F3
| NOTIFICATION OF THE COMMITTEE WHOSE DECISION IS BEING APPEALED
Upon receipt of an appeal, the appeals committee shall send a copy of the appeal to the committee whose decision is being appealed, asking it for any documents required by rule F2.2 not supplied by the appellant.
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