The faster of the boats competing in the 61st annual Newport-to-Ensenada race crossed the finish line during the night Friday, but no records were broken as the wind lightened at the tail end of the course.

Winds got up to 15 knots at the start of the race, but came to a quick stop at about 8 p.m., Magnitude 80’s navigator Ernie Richau said in a press release. The boat was only 25 miles to the end, and didn’t reach the finish line until 4:25 a.m.

“That’s about 9 hours to go 25 miles. Pretty slow going,” he said.

That  means Roy Disney’s Pyewacket keeps the record at 10 hours, 44 minutes and 54 seconds, set in 2003. Disney has since retired from sailboat racing, and was not in this year’s competition.

Doug Baker’s Magnitude 80 out of Long Beach held the record briefly in 2002, but it looks like they’ll have to wait another year to reclaim the record. The boat was, however, first to reach the finish line.

Several of the other big boats came through about two hours later.

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Here’s  a list of the first finishers; Fastest elapsed times: 

1. Magnitude 80 (Andrews 80), Doug Baker, Long Beach YC, elapsed time 16 hours 52 minutes 20 seconds. 

2. Akela (Reichel/Pugh 75), David Janes/Bill Turpin, Bahia Corinthian YC, 17:03:56.

 3. *Loereal (Jenn), Loe Enlof, Silver Gate YC, 17:31:04. 

4. Medicine Man (Andrews 64), Bob Lane, LBYC, 18:19:44. 

 5. OEX (SC 70), Peter Tong, LBYC, 18:27:42.  

 6. Stark Raving Mad III (R/P 66), Jim Madden, Newport Harbor YC, 18:36:49. 

 7. *Afterburner (Tennant), William Gibbs, PBYC, 18:56:17. 

 8. Stars & Stripes (Farr 60), Dennis Conner, San Diego YC, 20:35:00. 

9. Pendragon IV (Davidson 52), John MacLaurin,

California YC, 20:42:41.

10. Holua (SC 70),Brack Duker, California YC, 20:43:38.* means multihull

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