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Quarter Ton Class is an offshore sailing class of the
International Offshore Rule The International Offshore Rule (IOR) was a measurement rule for racing sailboats. The IOR evolved from the Cruising Club of America (CCA) rule for racer/cruisers and the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) rule. Rule context - past and present rating ...
racing the Quarter Ton Cup between 1967 and 1996 and from 2005 till now. The class is sailed by smaller keelboats of similar size and is likely the world's most produced keelboat class.


History

This sailing class has held world championships from 1967 until 1997. In 2005 there was a revival of the quarter ton class started in Cowes and they sailed under IRC Quarter Ton Cup rules from 2005 until now. An annual Dutch Quarterton Cup under ORC was started in 2013. In France and Ireland there are also races for Quarter Ton boats.


Boats

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Accent 26 The Accent 26, also called the Albin Accent and the Shipman Accent, is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Peter Norlin as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class cruiser- racer and first built in 1975. Production The design was ...
* Albin 79 * Cal T/4 * D&M 22 *
Ericson 25 The Ericson 25, also called the Ericson 25 Mark I is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Bruce King as a cruiser and first built in 1973.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 341. Internatio ...
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Farr 727 The Farr 727 is a Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by New Zealander Bruce Farr as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 1976. The boat was also built in Canada as the No ...
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Northern 1/4 Ton The Northern 1/4 Ton is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class racer and first built in 1972. The Northern 1/4 Ton design was developed into the Mirage 24 by Cuthbert ...
* North Star 500 *
Ranger 23 The Ranger 23 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull as an International Offshore Rule quarter-ton racer.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 120-121. Hought ...
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San Juan 24 The San Juan 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Bruce Kirby as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class racer.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 261. International Marine/M ...
* Santana 525 *
Tanzer 22 The Tanzer 22 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Johann Tanzer and first built in 1970. The design went out of production in 1986.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 259. International ...
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Yamaha 26 The Yamaha 26 is a Japanese sailboat that was designed by the Yamaha Design Team as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1979.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 178-179. Houghton Mifflin ...
* Yankee 26


See also

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Mini Ton class Mini Ton class was an offshore sailing class of the International Offshore Rule. Boats Mini Ton class boats include: * Aegean 234 * Everitt E Boat * Fan 22 * Fox Terrier 22 * Everitt Glass Onion * Intro 22 * Irwin Min-Ton * Kiwi 22 * Limbo 6.6 * M ...
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Half Ton class Half Ton class was an offshore sailing class of the International Offshore Rule racing the Half Ton Cup between 1967 and 1993. History In order that yachts of different types can race against each other, there are handicap rules which are appl ...
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Three-Quarter Ton class Three-Quarter Ton class was an offshore sailing class of the International Offshore Rule racing the Three-Quarter Ton Cup between 1974 and 1994.1994 October ''Yachting World'': "One Ton Cup, The Most Competitive Trophy", p.88-89 Boats *C&C 3/4 Ton ...
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One Ton class One Ton class was an offshore sailing class, which raced for the One Ton Cup, of the RORC 22 foot rule between 1965 and 1970, and then the International Offshore Rule between 1971 and 1994. The IOR rated length was 27.5' from 1971 to 1982, then ...
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Midget Ocean Racing Club The Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC) is an American association based in Severna Park, Maryland, that promotes and organizes ocean racing for small sailboats under a handicapping rule. History Founded in 1954, the club was formally organized a ...


References

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