Normally, the yacht club hosting the event is proud to have the event and is interested in publicizing the happenings. They would also stand to benefit from the national or worldly exposure for their club. The class would expect to benefit from the exposure as well - certainly with 150 boats on the start line, it's one of the world's largest sailing events and these numbers and this exposure will help to keep the class healthy and viable and growing. Usually, this works out pretty well as everyone is interested in the publicity.

Both the very recent A-cat worlds and the F18 worlds have had abysmal publicity and it's a real shame. As folks pointed out, it's really not that hard to provide. Video is nice but not necessary...pictures and some reporting are easy and should be required.

With two dull examples having just taken place, I feel like the global class organizations (F18, A-cat, F16, etc) should have a requirement of the clubs hosting the events to provide a particular minimum of online coverage as a requirement for hosting the event.