Expensive...yes. But that's why you have to look at this as a lot more than your average regatta....
1) GREAT venue
2) As guaranteed as you will find anywhere that you will have 5 great days of sailing wind, sunshine and flat water (sounds like heaven to me!)
3) Compete with our European friends
4) Combine with family vacation....this is the piece that may really make it do-able for many of us.
5) for the divers in the group there is an added benefit in that Aruba is a GREAT dive destination!

Now...the only two questions are Who can we get to organize (I'm okay if the organizer makes a small profit for their effort) and perhaps even more importantly, how many boats could we get from North America??