US SAILING

History of the Appeals Book

From 1932 until the fall of 1942, appeals were decided by the Executive Committee of the
North American Yacht Racing Union and were published as supplements to the minutes
of the NAYRU annual meetings. Beginning in September, 1942, appeals were decided by
an Appeals Committee whose members were elected at annual meetings. Today, members
of the Appeals Committee are appointed by the US SAILING Board of Directors for three year
terms, two members being appointed each year.

The appeals were first published separately in 1950. For the second edition in 1953 they
were conformed to the new NAYRU racing rules with the help of their originator, Harold
S. Vanderbilt. Subsequent editions were published in 1962, 1965, 1970, 1978, 1982,
1986, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2002 and 2005.

History of Members of the US SAILING Appeals Committee

Charles Francis Adams 1942-1956
Clinton H. Crane 1942-1960
J. Amory Jeffries 1942-1971 (Chairman 1962-1971)
George Nichols 1942-1953
W. A. W. Stewart 1942-1960 (Chairman 1942-1960)
Lewis Stackpole 1942-1949
Harold S. Vanderbilt 1942-1968
Clare Udell 1949-1958
Henry S. Morgan 1950-1973
George R. Hinman 1954-1973
J. Herbert Ware 1957-1963
George E. Roosevelt 1959-1964
F. Gregg Bemis 1961-1984 (Chairman 1961)
Robert N. Bavier, Jr. 1964-1979 (Chairman 1972-1974)
Henry H. Anderson, Jr. 1965-1990 (Secretary 1980-1986)
Richard B. Nye 1969-1978
James Michael 1972-1983 (Chairman 1975-1983)
Lynn A. Watters 1973-1974
Lynn G. Stedman, Jr. 1975-1983
Theodore E. Tolson, Jr. 1977-1984
Harman Hawkins 1979-1993 (Chairman 1984-1988)
William H. Fould, Jr. 1980-1985
Richard S. Latham 1983-1991 (Chairman 1989-1991)
William P. Ficker 1984-1987
William Bentsen 1984- (Chairman 1998-2002)
Mark H. Baxter 1985-1986
David M. Perry 1986- (Chairman 2007-
Thomas H. Farquhar 1987- (Secretary 1987-1991, Chairman 1992-1995)
Roger W. Eldridge 1988-1990
Charles A. Cook 1991- (Chairman 1996-1997)
Charles M. Kober 1991-1995
David W. McComb 1992-1993 (Administrator)
Charles W. Raulston 1994-1997
Frederick H. Hagedorn 1994-1998 (Secretary)
Pete Ives 1996-1998
Bradley W. Dellenbaugh 1998-2002
Jim Capron 1999-2006
Kirk Brown 2002-
Dean M. Brenner 2003-2004
Bryan H. McDonald  2005- 
Stephen Shepstone  2007-