2016 R2AK

Leg 1 (Port Townsend to Victoria) Started at 6:00 AM Pacific Time today.

Marstrom 32 out front. The big trimaran (Tritium) did not make the start, but the team picked up a F31 to race.

Tracking: http://leg1.r2ak.com/

Race to Ketchikan starts Sunday, June 26.

Looking forward to it,

Team discovery is local to me, poor guy got stranded for several days in colorado with a sick land rover (imagine that). Hope he makes it in time.

I don't see Team Discovery in the Spot Tracker List... not lookin good for him

Team Discovery pulled out. He u-turned in colorado and returned home.

Mad Dog has won

https://www.facebook.com/racetoalaska/

crank it up! The song is awesome (but you got'a wait a minute).

Nice video, thanks for posting Jake.

Inbound private message.

where did they sleep and how did they reef that main?

I have a reefable main.. it's not that hard to set one up

here is a nice pic of the lower sail while reefed



http://sailinganarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/post-20188-0-07690200-1467164808.jpg

Probably little periodic catnaps hanging on to something. It's doable in that time frame. We did something similar during an Everglades race a few years ago.

You mean the one you were hallucinating in? Or the mosquito inferno that is Everglades City?

Yeah - that one. Everybody hallucinates in that race.

hallucinations on a foiling cat in bear country with submerged logs... What could possibly go wrong?