History
Mr Mantois, vice-president of the Cercle de la voile de Paris, announced the creation of the International One Ton Cup on 11 October 1898. It had to be raced on the Seine River at Meulan, home of the CVP or in Cowes if owned by a foreigner1. The yachts had to have a tonnage certificate of one ton at the most according to the Godinet rule of 1892.
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