Race Management

Race Management Committee

Note: 2009 Deadlines for Submitting Regional and National Race Officer Applications. (See Announcements for additional information.)

The Race Management Committee is composed of people actively involved in various aspects of local, regional, national and international race management. The Committee's responsibilities include:

administering the US SAILING certification programs for Club, Regional and National Race Officers
recommending (to the Racing Rules Committee) changes in the racing rules related to race management
developing standard sailing instructions and notices of race, including those for the US SAILING Championships
evaluating automated scoring programs
maintaining a database of sources of race committee equipment
promoting and running the annual St. Petersburg Yacht Club Trophy competition
creating and maintaining the content of the race management portion of the US SAILING web site

Race Management Committee
Operating Documents:

Charter

Guidelines of Operation

Terms of Reference

The Race Management Committee is one part of the Race Administration Committee. The rest of Race Administration consists of:

The Web Liaison is
Chris Luppens
The Committee Chair is
Robin Wallace

Please contact these individuals for further information or questions about this content

Race Management Committee

Name	Role
Robin Wallace	Chair
Jeff H Johnson	Member at Large
Patricia Seidenspinner	Member at Large
Thomas H Farquhar	Member at Large
John Strassman	Member at Large
Hank Stuart	Member at Large
Bill Stump	Member at Large
Carole Y Bardes	Member at Large
Thomas Duggan	Member at Large
Mark G Murphy	Member at Large
Taran Teague	Secretary
Leslie Keller	Member at Large
For list maintenance:
Staff Contact:	Patricia Sheehan
Volunteer Contact:	Robin Wallace
Web Liaison Contact:	John C Luppens

Area Race Officers (Click for Contact Information)

Area Race Officer (ARO) Working Group

Name Role

Mark G Murphy Chair

John Strassman Area K

Hank Stuart Area E

William E Kirkpatrick Area B

Shannon W Bush Area F

Guy S Fleming Area H

William D Gage Area G

Leslie Keller Area L

Bruce Greene Area J

Taran Teague Area C

Ronald A. Hopkins Area A

Tim Rumptz Area D

For list maintenance:

Staff Contact:

Volunteer Contact: Mark G Murphy

Web Liaison Contact:

Race Officer Training & Certification Sub-Committee (Click here for member list)

Harman Hawkins Trophy The Harman Hawkins Trophy will be 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, Race Management, Appeals and Racing Rules). Click here for additional information.