Looking at the level rating classes first, the glamour fleet were the One Tonners, which had the ‘Coupe Internationale du Cercle de la Voile de Paris’, or the One Ton Cup, as their holy grail. The Cup was so named because it was presented in 1899 by the Cercle de la Voile de Paris ('CVP') for competition by boats with fixed keels, rated at one ton or less under the French tonnage rule of 1892. These small boats, approximately 5m on the waterline, raced in Cowes or on the Siene until 6-metre class yachts were used for the trophy following the advent of the IYRU International Rule. The impressive trophy was just under a metre high and was carved out of a 10kg block of solid silver by a Parisian goldsmith.