2024 Race To Alaska

Paddlers' Place
#1

Stage 1 of the Race to Alaska kicks off Sunday 6/9 at 5AM local time. Here are some links to help you find out more about the race:

R2AK Quick Links - Race to Alaska

Race to Alaska R2AK 2024 Tracker

Looks like there are about 43 teams this year, 2 regular kayaks plus 2 sail assisted kayaks. There is also 1 SUP.

Regular Kayaks
Bowen Arrow
LETS WING IT

Sail Assisted Kayaks (listed as Sail - Multihull)
Forget-Me-Knot
Mr. X

Stand Up Paddleboard
SUP N IRISH

Wish them luck… and may the best kayak win!

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#2

Love R2AK and have followed it since the first. Here is a shortcut to the teams for the full race. Best wishes to all the paddlers.

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#3

SE Alaska has some of the most difficult paddling in the world. I wonder how many of those people really know what they are up against.

#4

Fun race, fun follow. Been following every year. We usually drive up for the ruckus the night before, meet the sailors, check out the boats. Seeing the different peddle drives and boats (Some I wouldnt float in a bathtub) makes for a fun day. These guys and gals deserve so much credit, especially the kayakers and paddle boarders.

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#5

The race started about 24 hours ago. Of the 5 teams I mentioned above Bowen Arrow and SUP N IRISH did not make the stage 1 cut. There are 32 teams still competing. Here are the other 3 mentioned above:

Team - Equipment - Overall Rank - Remaining Distance
LETS WING IT - Rockpool Taran 18 Kayak - 10th - 522.7 NM
Forget Me Knot - Hobie Tandem Island - 23rd - 545.2
Mr. X - Hobie Tandem Island Kayak - 32nd - 559.3

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After about 2 days at sea:

LETS WING IT - 20th - 502.9 NM
Forget Me Knot - 23rd - 505.6
Mr. X - 31st - 514.9

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#7

Day 3 standings:

Forget Me Knot - 24th - 459.5 NM to finish line
LETS WING IT - 26th - 473.8
Mr. X - 31st - 495.9

The overall leaders have been making really good time in their sailboats:

Malolo - 1st - 298.6
Hullabaloo - 2nd - 308.6
Stranger Danger - 3rd - 312.3

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#8

Here is short video of team Lets Wing It:

Team Let’s Wing It on the realities of kayaking Race to Alaska.| Instagram

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Day 4 standings:

Forget Me Knot - 24th - 428.5 NM to finish line
Mr. X - 30th - 461.8
LETS WING IT - 31st - 473.8

The overall leaders have been making really good time in their sailboats:

Malolo - 1st - 153.5
Hullabaloo - 2nd - 192.9
Brio - ? - ?
Stranger Danger - ? - 203.8

It seems that the tracker has somehow messed up. Looking at the map Brio appears to be in 3rd place but the tracker says 15th! I think it was caused by the Brio team taking the outside passage to Bella Bella, the semi-official race update says they are 3rd place.

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#10

Day 5 standings:

Forget Me Knot - 24th - 427.6 NM to finish line
Mr. X - 28th - 441.0
LETS WING IT - 31st - 473.8

The overall leaders:
Malolo - 1st - 21.3
Brio - 2nd - 93.0
Hullabaloo - 3rd - 102.1
Stranger Danger - 4th - 123.2

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#11

Malolo claims the win!

#12

And the top three have finished:

Malolo - 1st - 5d 3h 37m
Brio - 2nd - 5d 18h 20m
Hullabaloo - 3rd - 5d 22h 12m