Importantly, the Race ethos will be to run a race for sailors administered by sailors. If minimal entries are received a bare bones event will be run (still with comprehensive safety arrangements, monitoring and supervision for the 75-90 day event and on-water Race Starts). At minimum, the Race Director will attend each Stopover and support Leg Finishes and Restarts.

Substantial entries and Event/Leg/Stopover sponsors will allow greater support to entrants, with the priority going to in-port logistics for race management, then in-port logistics for yachts, then media and hospitality for entrants.

Sponsored Yachts pay a full price entry; completely Unsponsored and Corinthian Yachts are offered a discount. 

The total entry fees are:

• $10,000 for Corinthian & Unsponsored entries.
• $12,500 for Sponsored entries.

The payment schedule is:

• $500 Expression of Interest (open by March 2026). Expressions of Interest payments for yachts that are not offered Provisional Entrant Status will be refunded.
• Once a yacht is offered Provisional Entrant Status, $5,000 is due by 30 December 2026; if Provisional Entrant Status is offered after 30 December 2026, payment is due 30 days from receiving Provisional Entrant Status. This includes membership of the Shorthanded Ocean Racing Association of Australia Inc. until 30 December 2028.
• The final payment of $4,500 for Corinthian entries and $7,000 for Sponsored entries is due 30 December 2027.
• A late entry fee will be applicable from 30 December 2027 of $2,500.

Importantly, offers of Provisional Entrant Status will be on a first-come, first-served basis.  Then, the acceptance of Entry from Provisional Entrants within the fleet limits, and offers of support for in-port logistics will be prioritised on the order of full payment for entry.