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Race to alaska 2023
Race to Alaska set to return to Ketchikan this summer by KRBD
Michigan Boating Trio to Compete In Rigorous ‘Race to Alaska’ by 9 & 10 News
No-motor race to Alaska begins, with $10,000 and steak knives on the line by Times Colonist
Race to Alaska Starts today by Peninsula Daily News
These Victorians are racing to Alaska this week by Capital Daily
And they’re off to the Proving Ground by Peninsula Daily News
All but one team reach Victoria for phase 2 of R2AK by Peninsula Daily News
Race to Alaska Team Vegemite Vigilantes by Sail Magazine
Race to Alaska sails to Victoria as contestants vie for $10K, steak knives by Chek News
Racers Set, Ready, Go, On Ultimate Watercraft Challenge by VanIsle.News
Race to Alaska leaves Victoria by Peninsula Daily News
Mass start for Race to Alaska set for noon; two vessels already out of running by Times Colonist
1,200-kilometre Race to Alaska is off and running — with no engines by Times Colonist
R2AK underway by Ketchikan Daily News
Race to Alaska team reaches checkpoint by Peninsula Daily News
Team We Brake for Whales leads R2AK as of Monday afternoon by Ketchikan Daily News
Four Crews Attempt ‘Water Iditarod’ by Rowing News
8-person sailboat may reach Ketchikan today by Peninsula Daily News
Team ‘We Brake For Whales’ earns its name and $10,000 with first-place Race to Alaska finish by KRBD
Team We Brake For Whales reaches Ketchikan on Wednesday morning to win R2AK Ketchikan Daily News
Scott Macdonald Partners with KidSport Greater Victoria in the Race to Alaska by Independent Sports News
We Brake for Whales wins Race to Alaska by Peninsula Daily News
Victoria sailor clocks fastest solo time in history of Race to Alaska by Times Colonist
Team Budgie Smugglers arrives in Ketchikan on Thursday evening to take 2nd in R2AK by Ketchikan Daily News
Team Budgie Smugglers claims steak knives and second place in 2023 Race to Alaska By KRBD
Victoria sailor makes history during Race to Alaska by Kelowna Now
Victoria sailor sets solo record in gruelling Race to Alaska by CTVNews
Port Townsend boat funeral an epic send-off by King5
Final racers complete annual Race to Alaska by Peninsula Daily News
A fitting conclusion to the 2023 R2AK by Ketchikan Daily News
Race to Alaska wraps up another year with 18 finishing teams By KRBD
Pair of Vancouver Island residents complete Road to Alaska Race by Vancouver Island Free Daily
Race to alaska 2022
R2AK wraps up after three weeks of sailing by Port Townsend Leader
Winner sails into Ketchikan and un-nails $10,000 prize by Wrangell Sentinel and Ketchikan Daily News
No smooth sailing: Kootenay Pedalwheelers finish 6th in Race to Alaska by Trail Times
Team Elsewhere claims Race to Alaska’s second-place prize: steak knives by KBRD
Team Pure & Wild wins Race to Alaska by Port Townsend Leader
Crew from Seattle wins 2022 Race to Alaska ‘days in front of anyone else’ by KTOO and KBRD
The ‘best worst idea.’ Race to Alaska for engineless boats returns after pandemic hiatus by KUOW
Race To Alaska The Hard Way by Sailing World
The Race to Alaska: Not for the Faint of Heart by Soundings
Doug Smith Recounts His Solo Race to Alaska by KTNA
Three Local Teams Compete in Race To Alaska by Journal of the San Juan Islands
Burien’s Capt. John Scragg’s ‘Lost But Don’t Care’ team currently in 3rd place in Race to Alaska by B-Town Blog
R2AK racers’ mental fortitude tested as nautical event continues by Port Townsend Leader
4 rescued off Vancouver Island after capsizing during annual Race to Alaska by CBC News
Stormy seas challenge contenders in Strait by Peninsula Daily News
Calmer seas for Race to Alaska sailors as ‘proving ground’ concludes ahead of Thursday restart by KBRD
4 sailors in Race to Alaska are rescued after boats capsize by Associated Press
Coast Guard video shows daring rescue of Race to Alaska sailors after boat capsizes by Fox News
Whipping winds and waves taller than elephants: go inside the Race to Alaska rescues by Coffee or Die Magazine
In conditions ‘between seasick and dangerous,’ Race to Alaska kicks off with multiple rescues by KTOO and KBRD
4 teams in Race to Alaska rescued, forced to pull out after choppy waters, chilly air by KOMO
Adventurers gear up for Race to Alaska by Peninsula Daily News
A teen Seattle crew attempts to make history in the ‘Race to Alaska’ by Evening Magazine
Salt Spring team set to race to Alaska by Gulf Islands Driftwood
‘It’s the anti-yacht race’: Kootenay sailing team set to compete in Race to Alaska by Nelson Star
Race to Alaska a test of skill, endurance by Comox Valley Record
The Race to Alaska is back, both in film and on the water by Alaska Public Media
Surviving the Race to Alaska, Hakai Magazine
No Motor? No Problem! by The Tyee
Race to Alaska 2019 Race to Alaska 2018
Young and Hungry: How 5 Teens Entered the 2018 Race to Alaska by Helly Hansen
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
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.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
“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
“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
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 NWNews | By Tom Banse
“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
“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
“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
