USPHRF Committee 2005 Fall Meeting
Embassy Suites Hotel
Phoenix, AZ
Oct. 20 -23 2005
Members Present:
Bruce Bingman, PHRF Chesapeake; James Walsh, PHRF Mid-Atlantic, Bill Kellner, PHRF LE
Paul Ansfield, PHRF-LM; Jim Tichenor,PHRF-GB; Alan McMillan,PHRF-LM;
Bill Baxter, PHRF-WLIS
Guests; John Segal, Offshore Committee; Joe Cochran, HYRA; Bruce Campbell PIYA;
Bobbi Campbell SYC Doug Metchick, Cedar Point; David Ross;
Dick Hampikian, Americap & US Offshore; Jim Teeters, US SAILING;
Deborah Schaefor, Lake Erie Mutihullls.
Call to Order: 3:07 PM
Secretary Report: Submission of last meeting minutes.
Motion to accept, second: unanimously approved
Request for Web Liaison: James Walsh was appointed
Election and appointments:
Paul J. Ansfield: Chairperson
Bruce Bingman
James Walsh, (07) Secretary
William Baxter (06)
John Collins(07)
Alan McMilian (06)
William Kellner (06)
W. Trey Ritter (06)
James Tichenor (07)
Robert Warnecke (07)
USPHRF Executive Committee
Current and past active US-PHRF committee Chairpersons
USPHRF Technical Committee
Bruce Bingman, Chairperson
John Collins
William Kellner
Robert Warnecke
USPHRF Appeals Committee
Paul Ansfield
Other members of the USPHRF committee to complete a 3 member hearing
committee as needed.
A motion was made to accept the above appointments, Second and a vote of all in favor.
Discussion:
A discussion took place regarding the represented PHRF organizations.
Most PHRF groups voiced the same issues,
and growth patterns
An over-view of ISAF submissions that would concern USPHRF was given with group discussion.
Action items resulting for the Offshore Committee are as follows
1) ISAF submission #46: The USPHRF committee recommends against submission #46
2) ISAF submission #12: The USPHRF committee recommends against submission #12
3) ISAF submission regarding movable ballast:
The USPHRF committee recommends a vote in agreement.
Reports to the USPHRF Committee:
- Off-Shore, Dan Nolan: PHRF continues to have 15 -20Kboats racing
- Empirical Handicapping committee report, Paul Ansfield
- USPHRF Appeals Committee, Paul Ansfield
- Key West Consortium
Discussions:
Impact if IRC Racing and the affect on PHRF in the US. Most places where IRC was being
used or tested it has been only implemented with the faster classes rating 99 or less.
Most boats that have gotten IRC certificates will still keep
PHRF certificates and will race in both fleets depending on the venue.
Meeting concluded
James M. Walsh
USPHRF Secretary