Sportsmanship Behaviour

So i recently missed out on racing in a event because a Race committee didn't pass on information regards to a specific Visa requirement that they had. I had a look at rule 69 for un sportsmanship  behaviour but the way I have read it is that I can't protest a race committee/race organization.

The reason why I would like some help is that it has cost me over 5k for this event and I only found out on the day before the start of the race giving me no time to get the correct Visa. I had a visa to go to the country on plane or cruise ship but was unable to arrive on a Race boat (I was told by two different immigration offices that what I had was correct prior to the race but unfortunately they was wrong). The race committee knew the type of visa that was required but did not forward this information to the competitors. I am writing to the race committee to request some money back (which will as you probably know won't happen) and to stop this ever happening again. I trained for 8 months for this event so as you can guess I am pretty raw about it.

I appreciate your advise if you have any.

Personally I think the race organisers will take no responsibility at all, in fact I wouldn't be surprised that in the NOR it suggests that all competitors are responsible for their own visas and paperwork.

It probably would have been a damn good idea if they'd given you some warning, but not only is it completely impractical for organisers to give you full and detailed advice about visa requirements, in some countries (such as Australia, NZ and to some extent Germany) they would be committing a criminal act if they did so. Such countries only allow migration advice to be given by qualified people, so they can stop shonks from ripping prospective visitors off.