As far as I know, the leading german team, brothers Helge & Christian Sach are not sponsered by anybody. They were sailing Capricorn till last year, and Christian told me that they have paid for it, possibly not full price, though. This year, they are on Infusion. I habe no information if they paid for the boat (in full) - but if so, that's it. As the other german teams they are just sailing for the fun of it ...

Kai