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[Victoria Watcher]

R2AK is a boat race from Washington to Alaska – with a stop in Victoria, but no motors.

First place gets $10,000, cash. Second place gets a set of steak knives.

Any vessel that’s human- or wind-powered can enter for the crossing through open water, tidal rapids and a coastline carved by glaciers.

Read more at: https://vicnews.com/...ps-in-victoria/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 January 2026 - 09:09 AM.

[LJ]

Who pays the rescue costs?

[Tony]

They start in Port Townsend to Victoria as a first leg with a time limit. It is a very effective method of weeding out the wishfull thinkers with a major dose of reality. It is amazing how many solo partcipants make the full trip,

 

All participants have tracking monitors so their location is kmown. Just like any other craft in our waters emergency services are available.