The Race to Alaska will maintain its 8th edition in 2024, persevering with with its 750-mile course from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. Planning to be firstly on June 9 is SAIL Technical Editor Adam Cove, describing his plan on this report:
Grizzly bears? Examine. Tidal currents at as much as 15 knots? Examine. Wild climate? Examine.
That is the Race to Alaska (R2AK), 750 nautical miles of unsupported racing via Canadian wilderness from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska. Oh, and you may’t have an engine…in any respect, even when it’s disabled.
As an alternative of learning the Gulf Stream for an additional Bermuda race, I’m getting ready for a special problem this summer time. Offshore racing is a blast, and there’s nothing like seeing land emerge from the horizon after being at sea with an infinite horizon for days and even weeks. However I’ve at all times discovered coastal racing to be more difficult. There are merely extra variables, extra visitors, and the looming menace of land. Most coastal races are over inside a day, although, and don’t require the endurance and preparation of an offshore race. The R2AK has all of it. – Full report
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