So are hobie also going to supply a boat to every tom, dick and harriette that wants to campaign for the Olympics in the preceding 4 years???
"Supplied equipment" is becoming a buzz word in sailing circles and nothing more. If you want to compete at the Olympics, you will need to buy and maintain atleast 1, if not 2, of whatever class you choose JUST TO GET SELECTED!!!
You are falling for the marketing hype if you think supplied equipment will keep campaign costs down.
What a farce!
That's not the point of supplied equipment. Supplied equipment is supposed to level the playing field. You don't have incidents like John Dane getting a special light air Star built or the "Chupacabra" upwind spinnaker controversy in the Tornado class.
