Hi Wouter,
While I realise that there are costs associated with running the class, we need to keep these to a minimum - no sailor in South Africa would pay $25 US for membership fees, as this converts out to R200. For comparison, class membership fees for our Mosquito class is half that, my annual yacht club membership fees are R280 (Approx. $35).
I don`t believe you would get any paying members in South Africa, and the class would then dissolve here.
I would propose that the class reps find out how many logo`s they are likely to need, and take orders from their "class members" before the logo`s are made. Perhaps if we can get them made at a low cost they could be sold on to members at a profit to generate funds for the class, and other similar methods of raising funds to run the web-site etc could be looked into.(Perhaps a nominal registration fee for F16 class sailors at each regatta in addition to the regatta entrance fee could be implemented ?)
I`m just looking at ways of promoting class growth, without scaring prospective members away.

Cheers
Steve