You might recall the R2AK, where any boat you might have races from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, provided it doesn’t have a motor. It’s 750 miles, and presents some very difficult challenges, including completing the race. Past finishers have sailed, rowed, and paddled. It starts this coming Thursday.<\/p>\n
Usually, the “winners” are big ocean-racing catamarans, able to complete the race in just a few days; others require three weeks.<\/p>\n
I was surprised to not see any of the big boats in the line-up, or at least not on the website (r2ak.com). Nor did I see anywhere near the number of entrants there have been in past years. This being Sunday evening, there are three small boats in the marina that I know are entered, not the dozen or so I expected. Nor are there any big boats at all here. Maybe they’ll show up tomorrow, but something tells me the race is going to look very different this year.<\/p>\n
The race organizer (one guy) added a new race this year called the Seventy48. You have 48 hours to go from Tacoma to Port Townsend (70 miles), completely human-powered (no sails). There will be stand-up paddleboards, kayaks, and row-boats, and plenty of very athletic people driving them.<\/p>\n
I’ll be watching both events closely, though I have to leave my vantage point here at the marina on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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