I think we are all looking at this from the wrong angle.

We should punish the people who are PAYING the money, not the people who are TAKING it. To get a level playing field, we need the wealthy sailors to race in separate categories from the poor people.

The wealthy are the ones who are able to buy new boats every year, buy as many sails as they want, and pay experts to race their boats for them. It's just not fair!