The class was founded during the 1960s and was part of the 4-tier IYRU (now ISAF) approach to divide up the sports catamaran sailing scene into 4 separate groups. These A, B, C and D classes were governed by a very small set of class rules to which each design had to comply.[2][3] The A-Class is the largest remaining of those 4 main classes. The B-Class splintered into a score of sub classes like the Hobie 16's, Formula 18's and other classes that contain far more and far stricter class rules, but also gave birth to the Tornado, which became an Olympic class. The D class never really got off the ground in earnest.
Meanwhile, the C-Class quickly developed into high tech boats that were used in the Little America's Cup. These require large investments of time and money to race, and so this class is extremely small, but it maintains its status as the ultimate sailing catamaran designs.
international, class, catamaran, class, catamaran, high, performance, developmental, class, sailing, catamaran, they, very, light, boats, which, rigid, wing, sails, sail, twice, speed, wind, they, used, match, races, known, international, catamaran, challenge,. The C Class Catamaran is a high performance developmental class sailing catamaran They are very light boats which use rigid wing sails and can sail at twice the speed of the wind 1 They are used for match races known as the International Catamaran Challenge Trophy and its successor the International C Class Catamaran Championship both often referred to as the Little America s Cup International C class catamaranBoatCrew2 with two trapezes HullLOA7 62 m 25 ft 0 in Beam4 267 m 14 ft 0 in SailsUpwind sail area27 868 m2 300 sq ft edit on Wikidata Contents 1 Background 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBackground editThe class was founded during the 1960s and was part of the 4 tier IYRU now ISAF approach to divide up the sports catamaran sailing scene into 4 separate groups These A B C and D classes were governed by a very small set of class rules to which each design had to comply 2 3 The A Class is the largest remaining of those 4 main classes The B Class splintered into a score of sub classes like the Hobie 16 s Formula 18 s and other classes that contain far more and far stricter class rules but also gave birth to the Tornado which became an Olympic class The D class never really got off the ground in earnest Meanwhile the C Class quickly developed into high tech boats that were used in the Little America s Cup These require large investments of time and money to race and so this class is extremely small but it maintains its status as the ultimate sailing catamaran designs See also editList of multihullsReferences edit C class catamarans Archived from the original on 2010 03 14 Retrieved 2010 08 25 Australian International a Division Catamaran Association Archived from the original on 2010 02 21 Retrieved 2010 01 13 http www team invictus co uk I4C CClass c class htm permanent dead link External links editOfficial website nbsp This water sports related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title International C class catamaran amp oldid 1106943716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
