Nov 27, 2013 · The One Ton Cup was first created in the early 1900s for the 6 meter class, but it became an ocean racing championship in 1965 when the RORC, and then later IOR, handicap rules gained...

The One Ton Cup is a trophy presented to the winner of a sailing competition created in 1899 by the Cercle de la voile de Paris (CVP). [1] The One Ton Cup regattas were at the beginning of races between one-tonner sailing dinghies, according to the 1899 Godinet rule.

Feb 4, 2015 · The One Tonners had the ‘Coupe Internationale du Cercle de la Voile de Paris’, or the One Ton Cup, as its holy grail. The impressive trophy was designed in 1897 by Parisian jeweler Robert Bratiau in the Art Nouveau style, and formed of hammered silver, and weighs 10kg, and stands at just under a metre high.

Nov 21, 2021 · My dad John McWilliam found a cardboard box of 8mm reels, which turned out to be this video of the 1974 One Ton Cup, held in Torquay....more.

One Ton Cup, international racing trophy for sailing yachts of about one-ton displacement. From 1907 to 1955 the cup was the object of a major competition for 20-foot (6-metre) yachts, but with the decline of that class the cup was put up for challenge …

The One Ton Cup owned by the Cercle de la Voile de Paris and presented by Hamble Yacht Services is just a few days away. Considered to be one of the most prestigious trophies in yacht racing, the One Ton Cup dates back to 1899 and was last competed for in 2002.

The International One Ton Cup racing was created in 1898 and the participant yachts had to have a tonnage certificate of one ton at the most. Throughout history, the ruling system changed though the participant yachts were baptized as the One Ton class.

One of the most prestigious trophies in the sport of sailing - the One Ton Cup winners roster is like a Skippers Hall of Fame. The 10 kilo solid silver prize has been allocated to the FAST40+...

Dec 23, 2013 · With recent focus on the 'revisiting' of the One Ton Cup scheduled for 2015, it seemed timely to look back some 34 years to one of the original versions of the event, being the 1980 series held in Naples, Italy.

Having been considered lost after decades of disappearance, OPTIMISTA (ex-OPTIMIST), the original 37’ steel OPTIMIST classic yacht, designed by Dick Carter, winner of both the 1967 and the 1968 One Ton Cup, under the skipper and sailmaker Hans Beilken, is back in the water after having been restored and refitted ( 2019-2022 ).