Mark, nice walk around. I said CHARTER boats from individuals, not borrow.
That is why I posted the question about how many people might be interested in CHARTERING their boats for the Alter Cup.

"Borrow boats and get a manufacturer to provide new sails for the regatta and then resell them... for the marketing value of stickers on the sail."
Not just the stickers on the sail. This would also include a large share of the event advertising.

Not sure what your line on this is but you seem to always push the week points and drop any strong points.

To me what makes tha Alter Cup what it is, is the FORMAT. Change it and you might as well not call it the Alter Cup. My opinion is to drop the current year and come back next year with the old format(give you a year to work out the details) vs just becoming another BYOB regatta. Like the LAC, if you change it you might never get it back.