Just how are we suipposed to do this? I sat down and tried to describe my relationship with my friends and its like 5 pages.........

No.
If you are a Manufacturer or work for one, it has to be shown. Part of this came about as we do have a lot of employees of a major Manufacturer as members so they could very well show bias towards the product that their company produces.
If a Manufacturer gives you some tips that helps you win a race, that would be nothing new. They want their product to do well. That follows the old adage of car makers, "What wins on Sunday, sells on Monday".
If you work for or own a Hobby Shop, then you must identify yourself as such. We've had some of those also trying to push business their way or trying to talk about them as a third party when they are the actual employee or owner.
If your are sponsored by someone which is a rarity in boat racing as technically a boat racer is supposed to be strictly an amateur so I don't see this applying to any of us.
I didn't write the rules or policy, they were in place long before I got the Mod job.
Just about everyone in this part of the site has complied with the rules as they apply to them. As a whole, I've got it easy compared to what the other Mod's go through. The rules on this site are different from a lot of the other boat forum sites and some people just assume that they're all the same when they sign up.