(This question seems like it ties in somewhat to the thread about regatta insurance to cover race committee for liability.)

As fleets get smaller, they not only have fewer sailors -- they also have a smaller pool to draw from for serving on race committee. When a fleet hosts a regatta, most of the active sailors want to race, not raise flags and drive powerboats.

Is it getting to the point where we have to patrol the local drinking establishments and shanghai people off barstools at closing time and let them wake up on a race committee boat too far from shore for them to escape?

And where do you find enough power boats -- and drivers -- to serve as mark boats?