* From Bob Fisher, Winner ICCT 1967: I would like to correct a continued misunderstanding that the Sea Cliff Yacht Club appears to wish to promote. The International Catamaran Challenge Trophy is not, and never has been,
the Little America's Cup. The Little America's Cup is a match-racing contest in C-class catamarans and the term was coined before the trophy was donated.
The original concept was that of John Fisk and was already fairly well advanced when one evening at the house of Rod Macalpine-Downie in Brightlingsea, with Reg White and myself present, he detailed his plans for a best-of-seven race series, much in the line of the recently re-instated
America's Cup. 'It will be,' he said, ' a sort of little America's Cup!' It wasn't until much later when his challenge had been accepted, by the Eastern Multihull Association that nominated John Beery and Wildcat to meet
Hellcat II, that the Sea Cliff YC was chosen as the host club to the challenge and the club kindly donated the International Catamaran Challenge Trophy. It is the event, in C-class catamarans, that is the Little America's Cup, not the trophy that was used.
Curmudgeon's Comment: In yesterday's 'Butt (1747) we carried a story dealing with 'venue shopping' for the next International Catamaran Challenge Trophy regatta. Although the Sea Cliff Yacht Club's press release made reference to the 'Little America's Cup,' we simply ignored that reference in our coverage. It's our opinion that the current ICCT format is both exciting and marketable, and the Sea Cliff YC does the event a tremendous disservice with their continued use of this inappropriate linkage.
Alright this is really getting old!