I don't know how much experience you have with international races but when you need to check all boats if they are according all F16 rules than we did take 60 minutes per boat as an average time to check in and check the boats,sails,mast, mast tip weight (stamps need to put on etc etc ). We are thinking about 20 to 30 boats for this moment because you have to calculate with something. This means 20 to 30 hours of measuring in 3 days and not everybody is coming in forehand for example you can arrive on Sunday 11th and leaf on Friday 17th. The chief measurer is doing all the effort for free he doesn.t get paid for this which is normally not to way to do.
If your boat is not measured at all when you come to event than you have arange something with a measurer and i think you have to pay for that but as you can see in the NOR you have to talk than with the chief measurer about the costs. When you measure the boat in the UK i think it is cheaper and it is a one time issue.

The thing is that everybody wants the F16 class to be an international high developed class with the status of an international class and what the F16 Governing Council is doing is everything pre pairing for that status. In the beginning the class is small and it looks that you shooting with a big gun at a small target but when the ball starts rolling and you don't have it good set up than the troubles really are starting.
You are saying that the event is out of the F16 context but when you see the total program than the whole idea (also input from the sailors in the forum ) is to get a social and sportive event which is in line with what the F16 sailors are asking for with the lowest possible costs.

What also can be done from the UK is that the costs for the ferry are pretty high is to contact one of ferry companies and see if they are willing to sponsor the trip costs or a part of it and when they are saying that the want so advertising on the website or on the beach than this is no problem.

But if your wallet don't let you go to the event is a pitty but you can be a bit more positive because the organisers are doing there best to get it done as cheap as possible is.