I remember seeing this at some talk for clubs looking at how to tap into the sports marketing dollars.

I think that rolex owns the front of the boat (and marks).
US sailing owns the back of the boat
the Yacht club owns the middle of the boat
The sailor owns the sail.

No sunglass sponsors... Hobie gave a piece... ... Nothing that competes with Gil in the equip and shirt Business....((they give shirts to competitors)

So far... I have heard:
-get sailors to lend their boats and run the old program.
-Get a big sponsor and work in the existing system.
-Get a big sponsor and toss the system creating a new championship.
-Borrow boats and get a manufacturer to provide new sails for the regatta and then resell them... for the marketing value of stickers on the sail.
-Charter the boats using the budgeted money. Let the sails pay for them selves when they are sold. Let the Manufacturer recover costs. Net out of pocket to the regatta is 0 for sails. Less dollars for the manufacture/sailmaker sponser so it might be more acceptable than the loss on new boats.
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FYI... the money you and your Yacht Club can play with (without having additional sponsors) is 2K from the HJ fund.