International C-Class Catamaran Championship

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The International C-Class Catamaran Championship, (ICCCC or I4C), is a match racing sailing competition featuring the highly innovative International C-Class Catamarans, predominantly with a wingsail rather than conventional sail plan.

It is the successor event to the International Catamaran Challenge Trophy,^[1] and like it, has always been colloquially known as the "little America's Cup", despite there being no actual connection to the Americas Cup. This terminology has been contested as being trademark violation against America's Cup Properties Inc, but the name was common in use long before ACPI and its trademarks.^[1]

International C Class Catamaran Championships

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score
2004	Bristol	Cogito (USA–104) Steve Clark Duncan Maclane	Patient Lady VI (USA–96) Lars Guck Stan Schreyer	4–0
2007	Toronto	Alpha (CAN–1) Fred Eaton Magnus Clarke	Cogito (USA–1) Steve Clark Duncan MacLean	5–0
2010	Newport	Canaan (CAN–9) Fred Eaton Magnus Clarke	Alpha (AUS–1) Glenn Ashby Jimmy Spithill	3–1
2013	Falmouth	Groupama (FRA–1) Franck Cammas Louis Viat	Hydros Lombard Odier (SUI–1) Billy Besson Jeremie Lagarrigue	2–0
2015	Geneva	Groupama (FRA–007) Franck Cammas Louis Viat	Axon racing (SUI–104) Benoît Marie Benoît Morelle	2–0

The 2013 ICCCC was held in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. The event hosts were Team Invictus and the organising club was Restronguet Sailing Club , with shore facilities provided by Windsport International It was estimated that there were 10 teams and up to 16 competing boats. Teams are expected from Challenge Italia (Roberto Gripi), Team Hydros C Class Sailing (Switzerland) , USA (Steve Clark, Aethon & Cogito), Canada (reigning champion, Fred Eaton), Team Invictus UK, Team Cascais (Portugal), Challenge France (France) and Groupama (France).

The 2015 ICCCC was held on Lake Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland September 12-21.

• Americas Cup
• International Catamaran Challenge Trophy

• 2015 ICCCC Event website SUI
• International C Class Catamaran Challenge 2013 Event Website GB
• Team Invictus C Class Sailing GB
• Canadian C Class Catamaran Home Page
• Royal Canadian Yacht Club Host Club for the September 2007 ICCCC
• The New "Little Americas Cup"
• Article on Fred Eaton
• New York Yacht Club - Host Club for the August 2010 event