Race to Alaska

Boat lovers/addicts, a solo sailor with a lot of wet miles ahead of her, and a team manifested from an online sailing/dating scheme - all inside this week's tidy podcast package.

Settle in for the long haul folks, as the R2AK podcast heads into a series of three-interview episodes. In this week's chats, meet a trio of teams that each will require a blister-care technician.

There are perhaps no two different boats than those chosen for glory by this weeks' teams. Bask in the variety of R2AK in this week's episode.

This week, fill up your sound holes with the tale of Team Rock the Boat, and take note as the Race Boss gives some tips on how to follow the upcoming race.

This week, we'll introduce you to a trio of sailors, two of whom will meet face to face for the first time just days before the race start and an R2AK volunteer superstar making a solo bid aboard his liveaboard Contessa 26.

Two more teams for the your consumption this week - from Seattle it's Team Natural Disaster, here being quizzed by the one and only Nikki Henderson, and from San Francisco we have Team Hullabaloo, lightly grilled by Race Boss Jesse.

This week's episode starts with an extremely awesome update about R2AK's future from the Race Boss, and is followed by interviews with two extremely awesome teams. Go to www.nwmaritime.org/wa360-race

Two teams, both alike in reckless grace, On vast seas where we our race cast, Guardian Sailing and Wicked Wily Wildcat, fast, Through trials where bold choices embrace. If you want actual information and not nonsense words, hit play.

In this week's episode, revel in the clever team names and take a close look at two approaches to R2AK - father/daughter/guy-named-rob and roommate/roommate/roommate/friend/semi-stranger.

How are these two teams even in the same race? Oh right - it's R2AK. Get to know the soloist of Team SKOFTIG as they chat with Jake and the quad-ists Team Juvenile Delinquents who caught up with the Race Boss.

It's a big year for R2AK solo adventure artists. Meet Dan of Team Hornblower and Bruce of Team Bowen Arrow, and try to understand just what it is they're running away from.

R2AK creator and one-man hive-mind Jake Beattie joins the Race Boss this week. Meet Greg of Team Kuaka, the first OC-1 to attempt the full race, and Kayleen and Sylvia - who seem to make more reasonable choices - racing as Team Orca.

The week of dos jefes. Listen in as Race Boss Emeritus Daniel Evans chats with Hobie-hopefuls Tips Up and Race Boss Actual meets Sail Like a Mother.

R2AK is back for 2024, and with it a new batch of hopefuls. Get to know Team Narrows Minded as they chat with R2AK 2-time winner Nikki Henderson, followed up by a chat between 0-time R2AK winner Race Boss Jesse and Team Spirit of Nevetz.

This is the final episode chronicling the 2019 Race to Alaska. In the same way you use the leftover turkey carcass after Thanksgiving to make soup, we’re making R2AK stew out of our favorite leftover bits from the 2019 experience. If you’ve listened to the previous 13 episodes, you have tasted all of the dishes: the eccentric personalities, interesting boats, harrowing challenges, inspirational sp...

The dual nature of the Race to Alaska is that it is both a race and a grand epic journey - a hero’s saga, and a pilgrimage of sorts for some. Every hero’s journey involves the overcoming of hardship and adventure along the way. In this two part episode we highlight the struggles that teams overcame in the 2019 race on the way to Ketchikan, and the personal impact that their experiences are already...

The dual nature of the Race to Alaska is that it is both a race and a grand epic journey - a hero’s saga, and a pilgrimage of sorts for some. Every hero’s journey involves the overcoming of hardship and adventure along the way. In this two part episode we highlight the struggles that teams overcame in the 2019 race on the way to Ketchikan, and the personal impact that their experiences are already...

If you want to spectate the R2AK, Port Townsend or Victoria are likely the easiest places to do it for most. But Ketchikan - the finish line - is the best. Why? It’s where the story ends and where racers achieve their glory, get that first warm meal in weeks, lets out their anxiety and can finally get away from that annoying teammate that chews with their mouth open. In this episode, we introduce...

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the R2AK is a race between a couple of fast boats shooting for the $10,000 prize, a few dirtbags who stole their dad’s boat Ferris Bueller-style, and a weirdo who wants to test drive his homemade submarine. You might not be far off, but there are also some amazing people who sign up in order to use the race as a platform to do good things. In this episode we hig...

All anyone talks about around here are their boats, so we’ll cave and talk about them too. This episode highlights one of the most interesting parts of the Race to Alaska - the ridiculous variety of watercraft that people bring to this race - from custom racers to Hawaiian outrigger canoes, to 19th century wooden boats. R2AK Teams featured in this episode: Teams Pear Shaped, Angry Beaver, Solveig,...

A rare peek behind the curtains to share a bit of the experience of what it’s like for the people involved with this event who are not racing. You’ll hear from everyone from the Race Boss, to the media team, to interns, volunteers, and even an R2AK superfan, for a full introduction to this adventure. R2AK personalities featured in this episode: Daniel Evans, Zach Carver, Erica Mellon, Elle Obrien,...

At this point we’ve learned the winners of the actual race, but even more importantly who will win the “keeping it cool” award and which team is “most in need of a stiff drink?” In this episode we highlight the teams vying for the real awards--the sidebets including the highly coveted dirtbag award. R2AK Teams featured in this episode: Razzle Dazzle, Hobie 1 Kenobie, Barbarossa, Funky Dory, Race B...

The winning teams are in, second place has their steak knives, and the parties have started in Ketchikan for some of us. Much of the field is still out there suffering, but this is a freaking long race, and we’ve been out here for almost two weeks. It’s time for a story about how this race has unfolded to this point. R2AK Teams featured in this episode: Funky Dory, Givin’ the Horns, Shut Up and Dr...

In this episode we speak with this year’s racers and race veterans about the unique challenges posed by the Race to Alaska - from figuring out how to keep warm and dry on a tiny boat in bad weather, to dealing with the whims of weather and tide, to putting up with the crap that race directors pull to make racer lives harder. R2AK Teams and personalities featured in this episode: Spencer Weber, Kar...

This is the second episode of The R2AK Daily Fix 2019! Hear from some more teams who have braved the fierce winds to make it to Victoria and encountered some mishaps along the way and about the incredible race camaraderie and community both between teammates and other teams. R2AK Teams featured in this episode: Perseverance, Funky Dory, Angry Beaver The R2AK Daily Fix is a podcast following the 75...