Media
For an overview of Race to Alaska, start with the 2019 Media Kit. Contact us for more information. We are happy to answer questions and provide images.
Race to Alaska 2019
The Race to Alaska by CBS News
Wild Ride by Hana Hou!
A friendship formed on the sea: An unexpected summer sailing journey, and story of survival, from Washington State to Alaska by Martlet
An English Cutter Races to Alaska by Soundings
Reimagining the Race to Alaska by Sail-World
Welcoming the Race to Alaska’s class of 2019 by Sail-World
As Race to Alaska 2019 looms, team bios trickle in by Three Sheets Northwest
Race to Alaska: Enough isn’t enough by Scuttlebut Sailing News
Adventurous couple to tackle high seas in race to Alaska by Komo News
Bainbridge-based Team Sail Like a Girl sets sail for second Race to Alaska title by Kitsap Sun
Race to Alaska begins by KRBD
Alaska or bust! Racers set out on paddleboards, outrigger canoe, sailboats and skiffs by NW News Network
Sailors take off from Port Townsend to compete in the Race to Alaska by King 5 News
Winds help and hinder on first leg of Race to Alaska by Peninsula Daily News
R2AK: Cruel start to cruel race by Scuttlebut Sailing News
‘Big winds and big waves’: Victoria rowers prepare for 1,200-kilometre Race to Alaska by Victoria Island News
Multiple articles by XSSailing
Race to Alaska competitors pass first checkpoint by Peninsula Daily News
Some racers reach second waypoint in Race to Alaska by Peninsula Daily News
Team Angry Beaver wins 5th Race to Alaska by KRBD
Team Angry Beaver wins 5th annual Race to Alaska by KTOO News
Seattle team Angry Beaver sails into first place in Race to Alaska by King 5 News
Team Angry Beaver wins 5th annual Race to Alaska by Alaska Public Media
R2AK: This year was a stunner by Scuttlebut Sailing News
Angry Beaver wins R2AK by Port Townsend Leader
Race to Alaska 2018
Young and Hungry: How 5 Teens Entered the 2018 Race to Alaska by Helly Hansen
Learn From Our Mistakes, A Guide to R2AK by the Adventourists
The R2AK horizon is here for Team Wild Card by Three Sheets Northwest
Embracing sailing’s adventurous side on both coasts by Sail-World
Adversity to Inspiration: Karl Kruger | Paddling the Inside Passage by World of Adventure
Team Sail Like a Girl reflects on Race to Alaska by King 5 News
How 8 sleep deprived women won this epic boat race to Alaska by KUOW
Sail like a girl: How an all-female team made history and won the 750-mile Race to Alaska by the Seattle Times
Team Sail Like A Girl wins Race to Alaska by Peninsula Daily News
Race to Alaska winners an all-female team from Bainbridge Island by Kitsap Sun
Race to Alaska 2017
Race to Alaska by CBS Sunday Morning
Race to Alaska co-founder talks race’s big-picture concept on KRBD
Whales, gales and bioluminescence on paddleboarder’s epic Race to Alaska by The Seattle Times
Marblehead brothers win 750-mile boat race to Alaska by The Boston Globe
He’s the first to paddle board 750 miles in Race to Alaska by The News Tribune
SUP Record Set in 750-Mile Race 2 Alaska – SUP Magazine
Congrats, it’s all over — who’s in for next year?! by Three Sheets Northwest
Marblehead brothers clinch the win in 2017 R2AK race from Canada to Alaska by Wicked Local
Going to Alaska The Hard Way: On A Stand Up Paddleboard by KUOW
Strandbergs take second in Race to Alaska on goanacortes.com
Six minutes from cash to cutlery on sail-world.com
Report #2 from Global, Kelp and Freeburd on 48North.com
Leg One Report on 48North.com
2017 R2AK set to go in Port Townsend by Three Sheets Northwest
Race to Alaska boating contest attracts no Alaskans by CoastAlaska News
take two by Bob Davis of Team Bad Kitty for Sailing Anarchy
straight up nuts by Sailing Anarchy
Sailing straits to Alaska Pique Newsmagazine
Fear and Beauty on the Race to Alaska by Team Global’s Katy Stewart in 1889 Magazine
Scuttlebutt Sailing News gave us great coverage this year.
Youngsters dominate the race to Alaska by Young and Salty
Women in a Boat: Team Sistership by We the Village
Race to Alaska (as told by Team Whitehall Rowing and Sail) by Shaw TV
Sistership ready to conquer Race to Alaska a second time by the Ventura County Star
Audacious, Adventurous Or Just Nutty? Racing To Alaska On Stand-up Paddleboards by NPR’s KLCC
“Sistership goes for a new record” by Ventura Breeze
“Whale of a Story” video by Off Center Harbor on Sailing Anarchy
“Enfield Native Reinvents Herself on the Water” by New Hampshire’s Valley News
“Race Like a Cruiser to Alaska” by Cruising World
Race summary by Latitude 38
“SB 18” news gets our strangest, best, and most hilarious award. By Juneau Empire. Scroll down a lot to find it, but they are trying to pass a law to make it legal to gamble on R2AK in Alaska
Race to Alaska 2016
“That’s Amazing Ep 5. | Risk Takers” by CNN Films. It’s team Hot Mess
“Hardship” by CNN’s Great Big Story
“Not your average Alaskan Cruise” by Senior Living. Yup…Senior Living.
Sweet feature article, “A Tricky 750-mile Race in the Pacific Northwest” by Sail Magazine or a PDF Version
“Washington sailors gearing up for 750-mile ‘Race to Alaska’ by MyNorthwest.com
“R2AK: Race or Revolution?” by Northwest Yachting
“Who’s battling for the cash and steak knives in this year’s R2AK?” by Three Sheets Northwest
“To boldly sail” by the Ventura Country Reporter
“Official lineup for this summer’s Race to Alaska announced” by Three Sheets Northwest
“Race to Alaska announces race lineup” by PT Leader
Two articles saying something about us from France. Second article here and also in French. A language we don’t read…but appreciate the L’accent grave and Le tréma.
The latest presentation by Daniel and Jake reported by The Peninsula Daily News
Great article about Team Sistership by Ms. Magazine
Really funny article predicting winners by The Trimaran Journal
Team Un-Cruise is holding a contest for folks to go racing! by Three Sheets Northwest.
R2AK officials planning a second epic race by Alaska Public Media
“The Greatest Boat Race Ever (Dreamed up Over Beers)” in Outside Magazine
“Beat up & Blown Away in the Race to Alaska” in Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation
“To Alaska, on a very little boat” in Sailing Magazine
Article, in PDF view, by Marianne Scott in Pacific Yachting
Scuttlebutt’s ongoing list of articles. Scuttlebutt
Video: “Race to Alaska: The Worlds Toughest Boat Race?” on Discovery News
“R2AK: Go Small, Go Simple” in Cruising World
“Race to Alaska challenges Larry Ellison and Team Oracle USA + Video” in Sail World
“2nd Race to Alaska 2016 Announced” in SitNews: Stores in the News
Race to Alaska 2015
“Seattle Team Wins a Sailing Challenge to Alaska” in New York Times
Tim Claxton wrote a great article on R2AK boats, “Adventure Boats Race to Alaska” in Boats.com
Here’s a video tied to the article by Tim Claxton as well, Innovative Boats on the 2105 Race to Alaska
“A Race to Alaska: No Motors, but No Limits on Imagination” in New York Times
“Race to Alaska lures hardy souls” in Port Townsend Leader
“Inaugural Race To Alaska Likened To ‘Iditarod With Chance Of Drowning'” on Oregon Public Broadcasting
“Race to Alaska: The Ultimate Adventure?” in Boats.com blog
“The inaugural Race to Alaska (R2AK) is on the horizon” in Three Sheets Northwest
Interview | Jake Beattie, Update on Inaugral R2AK on Hooked on Wooden Boats
“Racing to Alaska for a pile of cash” in Soundings
“Victoria rower to compete in endurance race from Washington to Alaska”in Global News BC (video)
“Race to Alaska by sail, paddle: daring dash for a $10,000 prize” in The Seattle Times
“Race to Alaska by Wind or Muscle” in Pacific Yachting
“Race to Alaska: Attracting the strong, the smart, and the crazy” in 48 North
“The Race to Alaska” in Alaska Magazine
“Engineless Boat Race to Finish in Ketchikan” on KRBD
“NW Maritime Center Sponsoring an Adventure” in the PT Leader
“Competitors Step Forward…” in the Peninsula Daily News
“Race to Alaska Offers $10,000 Prize” in Victoria News
“Do you want to race – to Alaska?” on Three Sheets Northwest
“Preview: Sail, Row, Paddle Race to Alaska – 1st Prize $10k, 2nd Steak Knives” on Off Center Harbor.com
Interview with Jake Beattie – Hooked on Wooden Boats podcast
