This document describes a process for appeal of a performance handicap assigned by a local or regional PHRF authority recognized by USPHRF. It provides conditions for appeal and instructions for filing the appeal. Appeals are of two kinds:

1. An owner may appeal the handicap assigned to their boat.
   
2. An owner may appeal the handicap assigned to a competitor's boat.

Attached to this document is a form to be completed and submitted to the S.A.I.L. PHRF Appeal Committee thereby initiating the appeal process. Bob Malouf is the committee chairperson, and may be reached via Phone (303-___-____) or mail: ____ ____, ___, ___ ___ . E-mail may be sent to Bob Malouf

CONDITIONS FOR HEARING AN APPEAL OF A HANDICAP ASSIGNED BY S.A.I.L. PHRF

1. The appellant is a current member of the Sailing Association of Intermountain Lakes Performance Handicap Racing Fleet.

2. The appellant attests that the handicap under appeal is current.

3. Hull, rig, and sail dimensions are unchanged since assignment of the present handicap.

4. All parties to the appeal, by their dated signatures, agree to abide by the decision resulting from the appeal hearing for no less than one year.

5. When the handicap assigned to one's own boat is appealed, the appellant must submit:

• · A copy of the current and valid PHRF certificate;
• · A copy of the appeal document;

6. When the handicap assigned to a competitor's boat is appealed, the appellant must submit:

· Two copies of the current and valid PHRF certificate of the boat in question;

· Two copies of the appeal document;

Appellants must furnish all requested information using the following form. No more than five (5) pages of additional information may be attached to the appeal form. In the case where the appellant initiates the appeal process to change the handicap of a competitor's boat and it’s sisterships, the form must be filed concerning the appellant's boat only. Additional pages should include a clear statement of the basis for the appeal of a competitor's handicap. This form and any additional pages of information comprise the appeal document. Incomplete information or failure to meet the conditions for appeal or to follow any of these instructions will result in the return of the documents to the appellant. The appeal may be re-filed when all conditions are met.

The S.A.I.L. PHRF Appeal Committee Chairperson will accept the appeal and notify the appellant when all conditions for an appeal are met. The Chairperson will begin the appeal process by appointing an Appeal Hearing Committee comprising no more than three local handicappers.

Upon acceptance of the appeal, copies of all documents relevant to the appeal are sent via email to the Appeal Hearing Committee members and all interested parties. Appeal Hearing Committee members and all interested parties have one week to comment on the appeal and respond back to the chairperson. A consolidated document of the original appeal and all comments will be sent to the committee members. The committee members will then vote on the appeal via email response to the committee chairperson. The appellant will be allowed one opportunity for rebuttal. The rebuttal will be sent to all committee members for another vote. At that time all parties to the appeal are notified of the decision and that no further communications regarding the appeal will be acknowledged for one year from the date of the decision.

Each party to the appeal, by their dated signatures affixed on the appeal form, acknowledges that:

1. All of the information relating the appeal to S.A.I.L. PHRF for a change in assigned handicap has been read and understood.

2. The boat for which the handicap is being appealed has not been modified since the date the handicap under appeal was initially assigned.

Furthermore, by their dated signatures, each party to the appeal agrees to abide by the decision of the Appeal Hearing Committee for a period of no less than one year from the date of decision.

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NOTE: The appellant may add in addition to this page and beginning with this page no more than five (5) double spaced typewritten pages of continued or other relevant information. For example, it might help the Council to know conditions under which the appellant typically races, especially weather, prevalent in your sailing area. Additionally, the courses sailed could be noted as well as the nature of the section breaks for intraclub or interclub competition.

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