Alan Andrews Yacht Design - Race bulletins

2009

Doug Baker’s Andrews designed Magnitude 80 has again set a new monohull course record in the 81 mile Santa Barbara to King Harbor race with a time of 6h 26m 39s.

Bob Lane's Andrews 63 Medicine Man won Transpac’s Unlimited Division for the highest tech boats with movable ballast. Bob and Rob Barton's Andrews 56 Cipango took 2nd in Div. III. Doug Baker's Magnitude 80 was 2nd across the line, behind only a 100 footer, and scored the 3rd fastest time in the race's history. An Andrews keel, rudder and rig helped Peter Tong’s SC70 OEX SC win Div. II.

Congratulations to Michael Roth and the crew of his Andrews 65 Micjay for crossing the finishing line first on the Bayview-Mackinac’s Thunder Bay Course.

Ed Feo’s Andrews 45 Locomotion won Class A of the 360 mile Coastal Cup from San Francisco to Catalina Island. Andrews designs had the three fastest elapsed times with Doug Baker’s Magnitude 80 leading the fleet followed by Per Peterson’s Andrews 68 Alchemy and then Locomotion. Rob and Bob Barton’s Andrews 56 Cipango showed great speed with their new keel, 5th fastest on elapsed time and earning the Class A 3rd on handicap.

For a second straight year, John Buchan and the crew of his Andrews 77, Glory, took triple crown honors in the 2009 Swiftsure Race. With a four hour lead on the next boat, Glory took 1st to Finish, 1st Overall, and 1st in Division.

Doug Baker’s Magnitude 80 broke the Newport to Ensenada Race monohull course record, covering the 125 mile course in 10h 37m 50s. It's OK!, Tres Gordos’ Andrews 50, was the handicap winner of the strong 14 boat Maxi Division.

Congratulations to Glenn Highland whose Andrews 39, Bien Roulee, showed her winning form by finishing first in Class A and Overall in the Border Run from Newport, around North Coronado Island to San Diego.

The Andrews 50 It's OK! won the big boat class in NHYC’s Ahmanson Cup with straight firsts. Congratulations to helmsman Tom Purcell, tactician Andy Rose and boat manager Lew Beery.

John Buchan's Andrews 77 Glory finished first, 1h 40m ahead of the next boat, in WVYC's 130 mile Southern Straits Race between the city and island of Vancouver in British Columbia.

Doug Baker’s Magnitude 80 boasted the fastest elapsed time in NHYC’s 2009 Newport to Cabo Race. The Andrews 80 also holds the course record set in 2005.

Glenn Highland’s Andrews 39 Bien Roulée won LAYC’s Whitney Series LA to Newport Race in PHRF B and overall. Ed Feo’s Andrews 45 Locomotion took 1st in PHRF A with Peter Tong’s Andrews updated OEX 2nd, and Bob Lane’s Andrews 63 Medicine Man 3rd.

Ray Ordoveza skippered his Andrews 53, Karakoa to victory over Asia’s top IRC fleet in the Boracay Series. The seven races included the President’s Cup Regatta sailed at Boracay Island and the 204 mile Manila to Boracay Race.

Ray Ordoveza’s Andrews 53 Karakoa scored 2^nd in the 200 mile Manila to Boracay Race against the cream of the Asian IRC fleet, missing 1^st place by just 28 minutes. Sam Chan’s Andrews designed TP 52 Ffreefire 52 followed closely and took 3^rd.

Ed Feo’s Andrews 45 Locomotion took 4^thin class in Del Rey Yacht Club’s Malibu and Return Race

Congratulations to Bob Lane and the crew of his Andrews 63 Medicine Man for taking 1^st in PHRF A in LAYC’s Around Catalina Race. Lewis Beery’s Andrews 50 It's OK took 2^nd and Ed Feo’s Andrews 45 Locomotion took 3^rd.

2008

Simon Hull’s Andrews 52, V5 had the fastest elapsed time in the Royal Akarana YC’s Fusion White Island Race and took 1^st in the Premier division. Chris Welch’s Ragtime, with its Andrews designed keel, had the second fastest elapsed time and took 2^nd in IRC.

Peter Tong’s SC 70, OEX, recently updated with a new Andrews designed rudder, bulb and cockpit, finished first in LBYC’s 2008 Long Beach to Cabo Race and set a new record of 2d 22h 50m in the process. Bob Lane’s Andrews 63, Medicine Man also broke the 23 year old race record while finishing 2nd.

Simon Hull’s Andrews 52, V5, scored dual victories as First Monohull to Finish and First Corrected Time Monohull in New Zealand’s HSBC Coastal Classic from Auckland to the Bay of Islands. V5 continues the streak started by the original owner, Mike Campbell, when named Victoria 5. Also with her Andrews designed keel, rudder, and updated rig, Chris Welch’s 44 year old Ragtime was third monohull.

Congratulations to Ed Feo and the crew of his Andrews 45, Locomotion, for finishing LBYC’s 2008 Catalina Island Series with a first-place overall win in Class A. Peter Tong’s SC 70 Turbo OEX, with Andrews updates, came in second. This unique ten race series began in April and finished in October.

Congratulations to Doug Baker and his crew on Magnitude 80 for claiming another course record by knocking 6 hours off the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race time. Magnitude’s time of 3d 15h 7m knocks 7% off the record.

Medicine Man, Bob Lane's Andrews 63, won LAYC's Around Catalina Island Race with first to finish, first in class and first overall. Previously Medicine Man won Class AA of DRYC's Malibu and Return Race.

The Andrews 77 Glory swept the 2008 Swiftsure Race with First to Finish, First in Class and First Overall in her inaugural race under owner John Buchan. Glory's win culminated a four week refit that included new sprit and complete repaint.

Magnitude 80 finished first in the 2008 Ensenada Race, continuing their streak of elapsed time wins and correcting in the money with 4th in Maxi PHRF. Bob Lane’s Andrews 63, Medicine Man, was close behind: third monohull to finish and 3rd in Maxi PHRF. Other leading Andrews boats included Locomotion, 2nd in PHRF A and It’s OK, 1st in IRC & 6th in Maxi PHRF. The revitalized SC 70 Orient Express took 2nd overall and 2nd in Maxi PHRF with its new Andrews designed rudder, bulb and cockpit.

Doug Baker’s Andrews designed Magnitude 80 sailed a record Corona del Mar to Cabo race with a time of 2d 10h 23m 27s in breezy late March. Other Andrews trophy winners included Medicine Man 2nd in ORR & PHRF Maxi classes and It’s OK, 2nd in PHRF A and 3rd in IRC.

Simon Hull’s Andrews 52 V5 led the 43 boat fleet to the finish line in the 2008 Auckland to Tauranga Race sailed March 20. Sporting their new Andrews canting keel, V5 also led Auckland’s hot 50’s canting keel fleet to the finish line in 2007 Coastal Classic.

Doug Baker’s high-tech Magnitude 80 beat the 14 year old Tahiti Race Record by nearly 3 ½ days. The four-year-old Andrews 80, with a canting keel system, forward dagger board and pivoting bow pole, sailed 3,571 miles from Los Angeles to Tahiti in just 11 days, 10 hours, 13 minutes and 18 seconds. Chris Welch’s Ragtime, recently modified with a new Andrews designed keel, also beat the former Tahiti Race record, finishing the race in 14 days, 16 hours, 24 minutes, 23 seconds. Bob Lane’s Andrews 63 Medicine Man broke the record as well with a race time of 13 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes, 23 seconds.

Capping off a highly successful season, Bob and Cathy Sample’s Andrews 30, Flags, pulled off a dominating win at the Chicago Yacht Club’s Verve Cup Offshore Regatta on August 17^th.This season, Flags also boasted wins at the Chicago NOODS, the Chicago/Waukegan Race, and the UK/Halsey Regatta. Currently, Flags is leading the LMSRF PHRF Lake Michigan Boat of the Year Race after having won that title for the past two years.

The Hamburg, Germany based Andrews 56 Norddeutche Vermoegen, scored an impressive first to finish in the RORC’s prestigious Cowes-Madeira Race. The crew raced through grueling ocean conditions to finish almost seven hours ahead of the next boat.

Locomotion, Ed Feo’s Andrews 45, won ULDB A in the 81 mile Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race followed by Peter Tong’s SC 70 Turbo OEX sporting her recent Andrews updates. Glenn Highland’s Andrews 39 Bien Roulée scored third in ULDB B in the Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race, finishing boat for boat between SC 50’s and SC 52’s.

Congratulations to Bill Alcott and the crew aboard the Andrews 68 Equation for winning the Turbo Section for the fastest boats in the 100^th Chicago to Mackinac Race by over 3 hours.

2007

Doug Baker's Andrews designed Magnitude 80 shattered the 22 year old course record in Del Rey Yacht Club's 19th Annual Marina del Rey - Puerto Vallarta race. Magnitude 80 covered the 1,125 nautical mile course in 3 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes averaging 12.8 knots to sweep 1^st to finish, 1^st in class and 1^st overall on corrected handicap time honors.

Bob Lane steered his Andrews 63 Medicine Man to overall victory in LAYC's Feb. 10 Around Catalina Island Race. Medicine Man pulled out to an early lead and turned this 70 mile traditionally overnight race into a day sail by finishing at 8:24 PM.

Alchemy, an Andrews 77 finished the Around Long Island Race in 17h 48m to break the mono-hull record by 4.4 hours and the best previous multi-hull time by over two hours. The US Merchant Marine Academy crew also captured first place on IRC handicap for the race.

Bill Alcott’s Andrews 68 Equation corrected to 1^st Overall in Division 1 and 1^st in IRC A of Bayview YC’s Race to Mackinac after finishing ahead of all others except the 86 foot Windquest.

Congratulations to John Thompson and crew aboard the US Merchant Marine Academy’s Andrews 77 foot Alchemy for finishing ahead all but one of the 265 boat fleet in the 100th anniversary Bermuda Race. Even though Alchemy’s upwind sails were severely reduced to fit the rating limit, they pulled to the top of the fleet in the lightest wind on record.

Sam Chan’s Andrews designed Ffree Fire 52 crossed the finish line first in the 480 mile Hong Kong to San Fernando, Philippines Race. Ffree Fire 52 was only 4 minutes shy of the elapsed time record and was helped by a keel and rig new for this season.

Magnitude 80 takes line honors as 1^st to finish and 1^st overall in Dana Point Yacht Club’s Memorial Day Weekend “Around Catalina Race.” Magnitude finished the 75-mile, light-air race just before midnight. The Andrews 45, Locomotion, was the 2^nd fastest boat around the island, finishing at 5 AM, and correcting out to 2^nd in class.

Bob Sample’s Andrews 30 Flags won PHRF Div. 4 of the Chicago NOOD Regatta, besting a 16 boat division. Earlier Flags won section 2 of the UK/Halsey Regatta with straight firsts.

Magnitude 80 continued her winning ways with 1^st in Division I of Transpac. Bob and Rob Barton’s Andrews 56 Cipango scored 2^nd Overall as well as 2^ND in Division IV. It’s OK, (pictured) Lew Beery & Tom Purcell’s Andrews 50, finished 3^rd in Division III along the way beating several TP 52’s and ULDB 70’s. The Andrews office also contributed to the optimization of Philippe Kahn’s double-handed winner, the Owen-Clarke 50 Pegasus 101 and designed a new keel and rudder for Kokopelli II, winner of the 50-52 Division and 3^rd Overall.

2006

Alchemy, an Andrews 77, finished the Around Long Island Race in 17h 48m to break the mono-hull record by 4.4 hours and the best previous multi-hull time by over two hours. The US Merchant Marine Academy crew also captured first place on IRC handicap for the race.

Bill Alcott’s Andrews 68 Equation corrected to 1st Overall in Division 1 and 1st in IRC A of Bayview YC’s Race to Mackinac after finishing ahead of all others except the 86 foot Windquest.

Alchemy second to Bermuda in light air challenge. Congratulations to John Thompson and crew aboard the US Merchant Marine Academy’s Andrews 77 foot Alchemy for finishing ahead all but one of the 265 boat fleet in the 100th anniversary Bermuda Race. Even though Alchemy's upwind sails were severely reduced to fit the rating limit, they pulled to the top of the fleet in the lightest wind on record.

Magnitude 80 smashed the 277 mile Coastal Cup record by a whopping 5 hours to finish Encinal YC’s race from San Francisco to Santa Barbara early on in the morning of June 9. The crew reported steady 20 knot speeds and bursts approaching 30.

Magnitude 80, Doug Baker’s Andrews 80 lead a tight boat for boat race with the MaxZ86 Windquest before pulling away in the final stretch to finish almost 2 hours ahead and correct to 2nd in the Maxi Class of Balboa Yacht Club's Newport to Cabo San Lucas Race. Other top performing Andrews designs include Medicine Man, 3rd Maxi Class; Kahoots 2nd Americap B, and Locomotion 2nd in PHRF A & 3rd in Americap A.

Doug Baker’s Magnitude 80 recorded the fastest time in the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race despite being virtually becalmed for the last 12 hours within 20 miles of the finish. Magnitude 80 starts 2006 with two elapsed time victories to follow a successful 2005 season.

Andrews designs lead the 82 boat fleet in January 7th’s Malibu and Return Race with Doug Baker’s Magnitude 80 crossing the line first, followed next by Jay Steinbeck’s Margaritaville and Al & Vicki Schultz’s Vicki. Magnitude also recorded the corrected time victory by over 10 minutes and Margaritaville made it a 1-2 punch correcting to second.