Official Giveaway Rules
Welcome to the Official Rules for the Spear it Animal Sailboat Giveaway. At Spear it Animal, we’ve spent years restoring and adventuring aboard our beloved 50' monohull — and now, we're excited to give it away to one lucky winner! This isn’t just a sailboat. It’s an off-grid home, a vessel of freedom that can take you around the world if you wish! Whether you’ve been following our story from the start or just discovered us, this is your chance to carry on our journey and continue the legacy of this iconic vessel as the new owner! Please read the Official Rules carefully and good luck to all! -Raf and Sascha, SV Spear it Animal.
Spear it Animal Sailboat Giveaway
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE OR OTHERWISE IMPACT YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility
Spear it Animal Sailboat Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia, who are at least eighteen (18) years old and the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Proof of residency and age may be required. Employees and directors of Spear It Animal LLC, Sync Marketing LLC, and their subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, and advertising or promotional agencies or individuals involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of the Giveaway and the immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter or win. “Immediate family members” shall mean parents, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, stepsiblings, or spouses, regardless of where they live. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year, whether related or not. To enter the Giveaway or receive a prize, you must fully comply with these Official Rules and, by entering, you represent and warrant that you agree to be legally bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, whose decisions shall be binding and final in all respects relating to this Giveaway. The Giveaway is governed by these Official Rules and is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial and local laws. Internet access and a valid email address are required to enter.
2. Sponsor / Promoter and Administrator
Sponsor (Promoter): Spear It Animal LLC, 5473 US 98 S. Lakeland, FL 33812, USA.
Administrator: Sync Marketing LLC, 10960 Wellworth Avenue, Unit 301, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
3. Giveaway Entry Period
Giveaway begins May 9, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (4:01 a.m. GMT) and ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (August 1, 2025 at 3:59 a.m. GMT) (the “Giveaway Entry Period”). Administrator is the official time keeper for this Giveaway. The Giveaway is governed by these Official Rules and is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
4. How to Enter
There are two ways to enter:
A. Automatically Receive an Entry with Purchase of the below items at spearitanimals.com/giveaway. When you make a purchase you will automatically receive the stated number of entries:
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B. Enter for Free: Go to https://spearitanimal.turnkeysweeps.com/ and complete the online survey questions and provide the required information. Once you complete the online form you will automatically receive one (1) entry into the Giveaway. There is no cost associated with this method of entry.
Limit of ten thousand (10,000) entries per person per day during the Giveaway Entry Period regardless of method of entry. A day starts at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time and ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Multiple participants are not permitted to share the same email address. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that participant’s entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate in the Giveaway is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified.
5. Winner Determination
On or about August 1, 2025 at approximately 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in Los Angeles, California, the Administrator will select one (1) entry for the grand prize described below in a random drawing of all valid entries received. Winner will be selected under independent supervision. The potential winner will be contacted once using the email address provided with the registration and may be awarded the prize subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules. The potential winner will be notified by email on or about August 2, 2025. Failure by a potential winner to respond to any contact within forty-eight (48) hours of notification will result in disqualification, and Sponsor will select an alternate potential winner in the same manner.
6. Odds
Odds of winning depends on the number of eligible entries received during the Giveaway Entry Period
7. POTENTIAL GIVEAWAY WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR AND/OR ADMINISTRATOR. SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION, OPERATION, SELECTION OF THE WINNER AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE GIVEAWAY.
IF SELECTED WINNER IS CANADIAN RESIDENT: Potential winner must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question without mechanical or other aid (which may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor, be administered online, by email or other electronic means, by telephone, or in the Sponsor’s form of declaration and release);
8. Verification of Potential Giveaway Winner
Potential Giveaway winner may be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Release of Liability and Publicity Release (where permitted by law) (collectively, the “Affidavit”) by the date specified by Sponsor, or an alternate potential Giveaway winner may be selected. In the event: (a) potential Giveaway winner cannot be reached for whatever reason after a reasonable effort has been exerted or the potential Giveaway winner notification or Affidavit is returned as undeliverable; (b) potential Giveaway winner declines or cannot accept, receive or use the prize for any reason; (c) of noncompliance with the above or within any of the aforesaid time periods, (d) potential Giveaway winner is found to be ineligible to enter the Giveaway or receive the prize, (e) potential Giveaway winner cannot or does not comply with the Official Rules, (f) if applicable, potential Giveaway winner fails to correctly answer the skill-testing question; or (g) potential Giveaway winner fails to fulfill the Affidavit-related obligations, the potential Giveaway winner shall be disqualified from the Giveaway and an alternate potential Giveaway winner may be selected, at Sponsor’s sole discretion, from among the other eligible entries received. Sponsor reserves the right to modify the notification and Affidavit procedures in connection with the selection of alternate potential Giveaway winner, if any.
9. Grand Prize
One (1) grand prize will be awarded. Grand prize winner will receive a 2006 50ft Beneteau Cyclades Sailboat. Sailboat has 3 cabins, 2 heads and 1 walk in shower. Approximate retail value of the grand prize is One Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$100,000) (CA$138,200, £75,000, AU$156,300).
The sailboat is being provided “AS IS,” “WHERE IS,” and “WITH ALL FAULTS.” The Sponsor and Administrator make no warranties or representations, express or implied, as to the condition, seaworthiness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or any other matter concerning the sailboat. The Sponsor and Administrator shall not be held responsible for any defects, repairs, or future performance of the sailboat once the winner has accepted it. By proceeding with accepting the sailboat, the winner accepts the boat in its present condition and waives any and all claims against the Sponsor and Administrator relating to the condition or use of the sailboat.
Winner will be required to get the sailboat from Spice Island Marine located in Grenada. Winner will be solely responsible for all sailboat transportation costs and fees from Grenada. The sailboat has a paid docking slip in Grenada until August 30, 2025. After August 30, 2025 the winner will have to move / transport the sailboat or pay to keep the sailboat in the slip. Winner will be required to sign documentation to take possession of sailboat.
The vessel is federally documented with the U.S. Coast Guard and registered in the state of Florida (USA). The winner will be responsible for transferring documentation into their name and are responsible for properly registering the vessel wherever they choose. If the winner resides outside the United States, they are solely responsible for any importation, duties, registration, or compliance requirements in their country. All legal, tax, and registration obligations related to taking ownership are the sole responsibility of the winner.
As part of the transfer, the winner must change the name of the vessel and alter the existing exterior logos located on the bow and stern. The new name must not include “Spear It Animal” but may be a variation (e.g., “Spirit Animal,” “Spear It’s Legacy,” etc.). The existing logo under the hardtop may remain. The Name Spear it Animal will be transferred via United States Coast Guard documentation to Sponsor's new boat.
No cash equivalent for the prize, prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the listed prize for one of equal or greater value for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes, duties, and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. All federal, state, and local tax liabilities, as well as any other costs and expenses not specified herein as being awarded are the sole responsibility of the winner. Winner may be required to complete and return an IRS W-9 form (i.e. Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification). Prize will be awarded only if the winner fully complies with these Official Rules.
10. Entry Conditions and Release
Each entrant agrees to: (a) comply with and be legally bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor and Administrator which are binding and final in all matters relating to this Giveaway; (b) defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Sponsor, Administrator and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, celebrities, and any other person and organization responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Giveaway, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liability, including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, including but not limited to invasion of privacy (under appropriation, intrusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light in the public eye or other legal theory), defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a participant’s entry, creation of an entry or submission of an entry, participation in the Giveaway, acceptance, possession, attendance at, defect in, delivery of, inability to use, use or misuse of prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, exploitation or use of entry. Winner acknowledges that all prizes are awarded as-is without warranty of any kind.
11. Publicity
Except where prohibited or restricted by law, winner’s acceptance of prize constitutes the winner’s agreement and consent for Sponsor and any of its designees to use and/or publish winner’s full name, city and state of residence, photographs or other likenesses, pictures, portraits, video, voice, testimonials, biographical information (in whole or in part), and/or statements made by winner regarding the Giveaway or Sponsor, worldwide and in perpetuity for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of Sponsor, in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable, or World Wide Web, without further limitation, restriction, compensation, notice, review, or approval.
12. General Conditions
Sponsor and its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors shall not have any obligation or responsibility, including any responsibility to award any prize to entrants, with regard to: (a) entries that contain inaccurate information or do not comply with or violate the Official Rules; (b) entries, prize claims or notifications that are lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged or otherwise not received by the intended recipient, in whole or in part, due to computer, human or technical error of any kind; (c) entrants who have committed fraud or deception in entering or participating in the Giveaway or claiming the prize; (d) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (e) any inability of the winner to accept the prize for any reason; (f) if a prize cannot be awarded due to delays or interruptions due to Acts of God, natural disasters, terrorism, weather or any other similar event beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control; or (g) any damages, injuries or losses of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from awarding, acceptance, possession, use, misuse, loss or misdirection of any prize or resulting from participating in this Giveaway or any promotion or prize related activities. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be (a) tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Giveaway, or with any Website promoting the Giveaway; (b) acting in violation of the Official Rules; or (c) entering or attempting to enter the Giveaway multiple times through the use of multiple email addresses or the use of any robotic or automated devices to submit entries. If Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that technical difficulties or unforeseen events compromise the integrity or viability of the Giveaway, Sponsor reserves the right to void the entries at issue, and/or terminate the relevant portion of the Giveaway, including the entire Giveaway, and/or modify the Giveaway and/or award the prize from all eligible entries received as of the termination date. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Giveaway-related materials, including, but not limited to, advertising and/or any instructions or interpretations of these Rules given by any representative of the Sponsor, the terms and conditions of these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control to the fullest extent permitted by law.
ANYONE DEEMED BY THE SPONSOR TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SPONSOR’S INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER AND/OR SPIRIT OF THESE RULES FOR ANY REASON IS SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE SPONSOR AT ANY TIME.
13. Limitations of Liability
The Released Parties are not responsible for: (a) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway; (b) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (c) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Giveaway; (d) technical or human error in the administration of the Giveaway or the processing of registrations; or (e) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Giveaway or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant’s registration is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Giveaway. No more than the stated number of each prize will be awarded.
14. Disputes
Entrant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (b) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway, or any prizes awarded, shall be resolved exclusively by the United States District Court or the appropriate Florida State Court located in Polk County, Florida; (c) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Giveaway, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (d) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Giveaway, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida.
Quebec Residents Only: Any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a publicity contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (the “Régie”) for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the board only for the purpose of helping the parties reach a settlement.
15. Entrant’s Personal Information
Information collected from entrants is subject to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://www.spearitanimals.com/legaldocs. This section does not limit any other consent(s) that an individual may provide the Sponsor or others in relation to the collection, use and/or disclosure of their personal information.
16. Giveaway Results
For Giveaway results, send an email with the subject line of “Winner List – Spear it Animal Sailboat Giveaway” to mailto:info@syncmarketing.net. Winner’s list request available until October 1, 2025.
For questions, send an email to info@syncmarketing.net.
