BOAT NAME: Alchemy
BOAT TYPE: Andrews 68
CLASS:
OWNER: Per Petersen
CLUB: OYC
BUILT: 1986
PURCHASED: 2008

RECENT RESULTS:
2nd Newport to Cabo 2009
4th Transpac 2009
3rd Cal Cup 2009
4th Coastal Cup 2009
1st Bishop Rock 2009
1st Mission Bay to Oceanside 2009

ABOUT THE BOAT:
Alchemy is an Andrews 70 on the 4th owner. Owner Per Peterson is new to sailboat racing and has decided to spend his retirement competing at the top level. The boat is being fitted with a new keel just prior to the Vallarta race. After showing success after it's first full season with the new owner things look to improve.

ABOUT THE CREW:
Per Peterson is owner and team leader. Will Stout, Artie Means, Chuck Skewes, and Jay Davis have been with the crew for nearly a year and have been joined by other great sailors like Parker Mitchell, Dave Gould, Greg Clark,and Chris Adams for the Vallarta Race. Most of the crew is returning from Transpac. Will Stout, Artie Means, and Chuck Skewes also compete in the highly competitive Etchells Class. Artie Means is the Navigator and has sailed on several trans pacific yacht races. Will Stout is a past Collegiate All American from the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Chuck Skewes is a Sail Maker for Ullman Sails in San Diego.

WHAT'S IN A NAME:
Alchemy was launched with this name, Alchemy originally derived from the Old Persian word "Kimia" meaning gold, later arabized as (Arabic: al-kimi‎) (Hebrew:אלכימיה al-khimia), is both a philosophy and an ancient practice focused on the attempt to change base metals into gold, investigating the preparation of the "elixir of longevity", and achieving ultimate wisdom.

RANDOM:
Since many of this crew sail many boats together the terms and language used on the boat becomes a language all to its own. Getting all Chicken Winged has 4 meanings depending on the volume in which it is used.