Boat Overview

“Andrasta” is for sale. She is a custom-built Iceni 39, designed, engineered, and built in Britain. Initially launched in 2013, she has undergone a process of continual improvement and IRC optimisation. She is ideally suited for the 2025 Admiral’s Cup Class 2, upper band 1.276 and max LH 13.40.

Construction and Trials

She was designed and built in East Anglia, United Kingdom, by the English boat builders Iceni Yachts. Shortly after her launch in June 2013, she went on to the Mediterranean for extensive sea trials from Biscay to the Bay of Lions.

During her sea trials, she competed at the prestigious Voiles de Saint-Tropez, taking line honours in the 2nd race of that Regatta. She won her first Cup, the EAORA Walker Challenge, on home turf in Harwich, Essex. Following that, she was the 3rd (under 40 foot) monohull to cross the finish line in the 2015 Fastnet Race, with eight crew who had never sailed together before.

Enhancements and Reviews

She underwent several enhancements in the 2015 season, leading to a Yachts and Yachting Review by Andi Robertson concluding that ‘The Iceni 39 is a British built all-rounder with bags of potential!’ He added ‘a fundamentally good boat, which is fun to sail,’ followed by another encouraging review in Yachting Life in early 2016.

In 2019, she underwent further enhancements including a fuller square top main, a revised foil planform, and a deeper keel. The aim was to increase upwind performance together with downwind stability. The resulting IRC penalty was offset by significant performance gains well over the increase in IRC.

Performance and Coded Status

“Andrasta” is a high-performance, well-built, specialist offshore racer. She has a stripped-down interior with few comforts, therefore only suitable for experienced offshore racing sailors.

In the 2023 season, she underwent further enhancements including the installation of variable water ballast tanks and a revised sail plan review. The resulting IRC rating dropped to 1.176.

She is currently MCA Coded (Cat 2) for 10 crew until May 2026. This would need to be revised by the new owner in accordance with MGN 280 (M).

Recent Racing Highlights

Recent racing highlights include:

• 2nd in IRC Zero RORC Cowes Dinard race 2022
• 1st in IRC Zero RORC Channel Race 2023

IRC Rating Evolution

• 2022 / 2023 – 1.176
• Rating dropped due to additional weight added for variable water ballast tanks, remeasure of sails, redesign of the A2, and reweighing by RORC measurer.
• 2022 – 1.180
• Rating dropped due to slight rule changes and age allowance.
• 2019 – 1.184
• A deeper 2.95 metre draft and a new optimized upwind keel planform. The Keel fin also moved forward to adjust LCG by 300mm. Resulting in a reduction of the LWL. New square-topped main to increase surface area and shift the centre of effort aft by 250mm.
• 2015 – 1.168
• Reduced overall displacement to 5.6T using all carbon internal fit-out. New carbon rudder and adjusted sail plan to prepare for 2015 Fastnet.

Spars and Rigging

• Hall Spars 2 x spreader high modulus carbon fibre mast
• 2 x sets of Hall Spars aluminium hard coat anodized tapered air foil spreaders
• Hall Spars carbon fibre boom
• Hall Spars carbon Quick Vang D-30
• Permanent carbon fibre bowsprit with twin tack and Dyneema bob stay
• Navtec Nitronic 50 rod rigging, renewed May 2019, latest survey including NDT was March 2023 by MRS Ltd, Gosport
• Harken Tuff Luff head foil, renewed May 2019
• 2 x 7T Aramid double top mast backstays
• 2 x 316L SS wire turnbuckle deck ties
• Standard SS turnbuckles for rod rigging

Specification

Andrasta is MCA-coded for Cat 2 operation around UK and Irish waters. She is built to the ISO 12215 rule ‘Cat A’ for small craft (ISAF Cat 0) with the structural plan approved by DNV GL.

• Fractional Bermuda rigged sloop
• Length Overall (LOA) 11.98m
• Beam Overall (BOA) 4.00m
• Navigational Draft 2.95m
• IRC 1.176 (latest 2023)
• Optimized for IRC total 10 crew
• Safety – ISAF Cat.0, STIX of 47, ISO 12217 and OSR Cat.1
• Key structures verified with FEA and CFD carried out to optimize hull and appendage design
• CAD / CAM technologies employed for vacuum consolidated sandwich construction throughout the structure
• High modulus carbon fibre spars with Nitronic 50 rod standing rigging
• Performance optimized around the IRC rule
• High performance lead bulb with cast SG iron keel
• Lightship displacement 5,763 kg
• Fresh water capacity 100L (2 x 50L)
• Fuel capacity 68 Litres
• Engine rating Yanmar 30hp
• Most recent Insurance survey – May 2023

Deck Gear

• 2 x Lewmar 50 STR primary winches
• 2 x Lewmar 45 ST mainsheet winches
• 2 x Lewmar 40 ST pit winches
• 2 x Lewmar 40 ST runner winches
• Spinlock clutches and deck organisers
• 316L stainless steel OSR-compliant pushpit, pulpits and lifelines

Sail Plan

• P – 16.17 m
• I – 16.70 m
• E – 5.6 m
• J – 4.74 m
• SPA – 160.06 sq.m
• STL – 6.44 m

Instrumentation

• H5000 B&G Installed 2015
• Log, speed, depth, wind
• 4 x 20/20 mast displays
• 1 x race displays
• 2 x standard display
• Load cell on the forestay
• Zeus 7” touch screen plotter
• Wired for laptop via USB and Go Free wireless
• VHF radio

Electrical

• Custom made lightweight instrument panel with integral 12v DC switchboard
• A/C shore power
• 1 x crank battery
• 2 x house batteries
• Red/white accommodation lighting in fore and aft circuits
• OSR-compliant navigation lights
• Foredeck light

Accommodation

• 6 x lightweight powder-coated aluminium removable pipe cots (additional 2 for regattas)
• Small galley with jet boiler stove and small custom made sink with fresh water supply via hand pump system
• Heads on centreline just forward of main cabin bulkhead with small sink
• Custom designed lightweight navigation station
• Stowage for 10 crew

Apendages

• Carbon fibre rudder blade with JP3 self-aligning upper and lower bearings
• Carbon fibre tiller fitted
• High performance lead / antimony bulb with a cast 500 / 7 SG iron low drag keel – 1,044 kg bulb weight

Sails

• Square Top Main – Norths 3Di Endurance
• J1 – North 3Di RAW
• J2 – North RAW
• J3 – Doyle Technora UL/UL 2023
• J4 – Doyle Technora UL/UL 2013
• JT – Doyle Technora UL/UL 2015
• MH Zero – Norths 15/30 2023
• A2 – North A2 SuperLite/Kote SK 90 CTDR 2023
• A3 – North NY150 2017
• A5 – North ZL06 2023
• Jib Staysail – Doyle 2015
• Trysail – Doyle 2013
• Storm Jib – Doyle 2013
• Practice main from 2013 – Doyle

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

It is not guaranteed that the safety gear listed on the specification comes within the manufacturer’s safety guidelines i.e. expiry dates and servicing and is therefore sold as is.