Quarter Ton Cup

The Quarter Ton Cup is a sailing trophy awarded to the winners of the world Quarter Ton class championships between 1968 and 1997 and for the Quarter Ton Classic Revival from 2005 to present. The class fleet still sails on the Solent.

Quarter Ton Cup / World Championship - 1968 - 1997

Year	Location Nation	Host club	Winning Boat Designer	Crew	Note	Ref.
1967	La Rochelle   France		Defender (B)			[1]
1972	La Rochelle   France		Petite Fleur (F)	Paul Elvstrøm  (DEN) +Others		[2]
1980	Panmure   France		Bullit (F) Jacques Fauroux (Bullit)			[3]
1981	Marseille   France		Lacydon Protis (F) Jacques Fauroux (Bullit)	Paul Elvstrom  (DEN) +Others		[4]

Modern Quarter Ton Cup

Under a different set of rules existing half ton boats were extensively modified to race under the IRC rating system but no longer as an international class with primary focus around the Solent in United Kingdom.

Year	Location	Winning Boat	Designer	Crew	Note	Ref.
2005	Cowes (GBR) Royal Corinthian Yacht Club	Purple Haze (GBR)	David Thomas	Tony Dodd, Jim Webb, George Webb, Tim Reese, Derek Morland		[5]
2006	Cowes (GBR) Royal Corinthian Yacht Club	Enigma (GBR)	Ed Dubois	Andy Beadsworth Ed Dubois Neil Mackley, Anthony Haines Michael Boniface		[6]
2007	Cowes (GBR) Royal Corinthian Yacht Club	Espada (GBR)	Bruce Farr	Peter Morton		[7]
2008	Cowes (GBR) Royal Corinthian Yacht Club	Tom Bombadil (GBR)	Doug Peterson	Chris Frost Kevin George Dave Lenz, Jo Chatterton Shredder		[8]
2009	Cowes	Anchor Challenge (GBR)	Bruce Farr	Peter Morton		[9]
2010	Cowes	Cote (ESP)	Pepe Gonzalez	Darren Marston Olly Ophaus Rob Dyer, Dave Lenz Chris Cooper		[10]
2011	Cowes	Espada (GBR)	Bruce Farr	Louise Morton		[11]
2012	Cowes	Bullit (GBR)	J Fauroux	Peter Morton		[12]
2013	Cowes	Espada (GBR)	Bruce Farr	Louise Morton		[12]
2014	Cowes	Bullit (GBR)	J Fauroux	Peter Morton		[12]
2015	Cowes	Bullit (GBR)	J Fauroux	Louise Morton		[12]
2016	Cowes	Bullit (GBR)	J Fauroux	Louise Morton		[12]
2017	Cowes	Aguila (GBR)	Judel Vrolijk	Sam Laidlaw		[12]
2018	Cowes	Aguila (GBR)	Judel Vrolijk	Sam Laidlaw		[12]
2019	Cowes	Protis (GBR)	J Fauroux	Ian Southworth, Led Pritchard, Lincoln Redding, John Santy, Mike Stannard		[13] [14] [15]
2020	Cowes					[12]
2021	Cowes (GBR)	Protis (GBR)	J Fauroux			[16]
2022	Cowes (GBR) Royal Yacht Squadron					[17]
2023	Cork (IRL) Royal Cork Yacht Club					[18]

References

1. "Quarter Ton Cup, La Rochelle".
2. "Bes 1/2 Ton".
3. "BLT: The inside story of the Quarter Ton Cup winner's 10,000-hour refit". yachtingworld.com. 2020-04-21.
4. Dougal Henshall (2016-12-13). "Paul Elvström, Sailing's Greatest".
5. Louise Morton (2023-06-18). "2005 Race Report - Red Funnel Quarter Ton Cup - Overall". yachtsandyachting.com. Retrieved 2005-03-31.
6. Fiona Brown (2006-06-08). "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
7. "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
8. "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
9. "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
10. "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
11. "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
12. "Past Winners List". yachtsandyachting.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
13. "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
14. "2019 Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
15. "Final Day Report | Coutts Quarter Ton Cup | Robert Lamb". quartertoncup.org.
16. "Race Report". yachtsandyachting.com. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
17. "2022 Event Website" . Retrieved 2023-03-31.
18. "2023 Event Website". royalcork.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

External links

• Official website