Bob,I will try to answer these in the order you asked:1. Your buddy needs to register with us to become a Quest member to qualify Winning a Quest tournamnet and receiving those incentitives. He can Call Marcy after Wednesday (dealer meetings thru Wednesday) the number is 870-481-5135, M-F, 8:00am-4:30pm CST. She will need his serial number, complete mailing address and $100 fee.Or, he may fill complete the form on the Quest site and send it in by regular mail. 5th line entry down on the Quest site.2. If over 100 mi from you, then yes you may sanction up to 6 events within the series.3. Yes, sanctions are only good for that posting, one annually.4. All Quest sanctioned tournaments must be open to any Bass Cat Owner who is a Quest member.4a. See #2 above.4b. See #4 above.Hope this helps Bob, here is the URL to the complete Guidelines.bassboatowners.com/QuestRules.htmlBCB