[Source: Challenge France] It is with great regret that Challenge France, French challenger for the next International C Class Catamaran Championship (ICCCC), is obliged to announce the cancellation of the C Class Cup 2013, due to a lack of entries. The C Class Cup was due to be held at the end of May in the beautiful Bay of Quiberon in partnership with the French National Sailing Centre (Ecole Nationale de Voile et des Sports Nautiques – ENVSN) and was intended to be the first ever French C Class Catamaran event.
The organization will be studying all the opportunities to reschedule the regatta as soon as the C Class increases its membership in Europe. Furthermore, during the implementation of the C Class Cup we received a lot of support and expressions of interest from potential sponsors, partners and institutions demonstrating then the full viability of the concept.
We would like to thank all our partners that have backed us since the inception of the project and particularly, the ENVSN, The French Sailing Federation (FFV), The Conseil Général du Morbihan and the Mer et Média communication agency as well as all the volunteers.
The next big event for the C Class remains the International C-Class Catamaran Championship (ICCCC) that will be held in Falmouth – England from the 21st to 28th of September 2013.
Training sessions for Challenge France will restart in the coming weeks after the winter refit for Patient Lady VI. The whole team is keen to compete in the next ICCCC and is looking forward to the first regattas in Falmouth in September.