Quarter Ton Cup Explained

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		Defender (B)			^[1]
1972	La Rochelle		Petite Fleur (F)	+Others		^[2]
1980	Panmure		Bullit (F) Jacques Fauroux (Bullit)			^[3]
1981	Marseille		Lacydon Protis (F) Jacques Fauroux (Bullit)	+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		Purple Haze (GBR)	David Thomas	Tony Dodd, Jim Webb, George Webb, Tim Reese, Derek Morland		^[5]
2006		Enigma (GBR)		Andy Beadsworth Ed Dubois Neil Mackley, Anthony Haines Michael Boniface		^[6]
2007		Espada (GBR)	Bruce Farr	Peter Morton		^[7]
2008		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
2013	Cowes	Espada (GBR)	Bruce Farr	Louise Morton
2014	Cowes	Bullit (GBR)	J Fauroux	Peter Morton
2015	Cowes	Bullit (GBR)	J Fauroux	Louise Morton
2016	Cowes	Bullit (GBR)	J Fauroux	Louise Morton
2017	Cowes	Aguila (GBR)	Judel Vrolijk	Sam Laidlaw
2018	Cowes	Aguila (GBR)	Judel Vrolijk	Sam Laidlaw
2019	Cowes	Protis (GBR)	J Fauroux	Ian Southworth, Led Pritchard, Lincoln Redding, John Santy, Mike Stannard		^[12] ^[13] ^[14]
2020	Cowes					^[15]
2021	Cowes (GBR)	Protis (GBR)	J Fauroux			^[16]
2022						^[17]
2023						^[18]

Notes and References

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