Why We Built RegattaHub

The longer version starts with a few years of running club regattas and noticing that the existing tools — while they work — haven't changed their pricing models or interfaces much in a long time. Most charge either a flat per-entry rate that's higher than it needs to be, or a percentage of what sailors pay, which means your software bill grows with your entry fees regardless of what the software actually costs to run.

The pricing math

If your fleet charges $250 per entry and you run 30 boats, a 4% platform fee costs you $300 per event in software fees alone. Run 15 events across the season and that's $4,500. The math gets worse as your entry fees go up — you're essentially penalized for charging sailors what your event actually costs to run.

We charge $5 per entry. A 30-boat regatta costs $150 to run on RegattaHub. You know the number before you open registration. It doesn't grow based on what you charge sailors, and it doesn't punish you for running a bigger event. Stripe processing fees are passed through at cost (2.9% + $0.30) — that's what Stripe charges us, and we don't mark it up.

The mobile experience

Race committees check standings from the dock. Sailors register on their phones between races. The mobile problem isn't a niche complaint — it's the default experience on most legacy platforms, where mobile was bolted on after the fact.

RegattaHub is built mobile-first. Registration, results, crew management, protests and scoring inquiries, announcements — everything is designed to work on a phone first. Not retrofitted.

The volunteer problem

Race committee work is mostly done by volunteers who run a handful of events per year and have to re-learn the software every season. Every workflow buried three menus deep, every configuration that requires reading the docs — that's time the volunteer isn't spending on the actual event.

We've tried to make the common paths short. The test drive feature generates a complete sample regatta — entries, races, results, communications, protests — with one click, so you can explore every workflow before touching your first real event. It's clearly labeled as mock data and can be deleted at any time.

What we're not

We're new. RegattaHub launched in early 2026. We don't have the event history that older platforms have accumulated over decades. Match racing and team racing support are in public beta. A native iOS app for on-the-water scoring is on the roadmap but not shipped yet.

What we do have is a platform that's actively being built with race committees in mind, pricing that doesn't scale against you, and a first regatta free offer that makes trying it a zero-risk decision. If it works for your club, great. If not, you haven't paid anything.

→ Try it at app.regatta-hub.com