... or does anyone have any contacts amongst the Aruba organisers? I notice that they get sponsorship from Hapag-Lloyd (http://www.arubaregatta.com/sponsors.asp) which I assume comes in the form of cheaper shipping and also with KLM.

The downside of airline sponsorship is that the flights leave from a small number of departure points at prescribed times. If I come, I will be looking to tack a holiday onto the beginning or end, which wouldn't work with set flight times.

Paul