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Race 2 Alaska

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, June 16, 2026

By Steve Mullensky for Peninsula Daily News

Some of the 70 entrants in the 10th Race 2 Alaska sail out of Port Townsend Bay, passing Mount Baker as they head to Victoria, B.C., for the first leg of the 750 mile race to Ketchikan, Alaska, at the 5 a.m. starting gun. The racers have 72 hours to make their way to Victoria, B.C., before a restart at noon on Thursday to complete the remaining 710 miles to Ketchikan. The rules of the race are that your boat can’t have an engine, no pre-positioning of supplies and no set course. Any rescue would be hours away. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Some of the 70 entrants in the 10th Race 2 Alaska sail out of Port Townsend Bay, passing Mount Baker as they head to Victoria, B.C., for the first leg of the 750 mile race to Ketchikan, Alaska, at the 5 a.m. starting gun. The racers have 72 hours to make their way to Victoria, B.C., before a restart at noon on Thursday to complete the remaining 710 miles to Ketchikan. The rules of the race are that your boat can’t have an engine, no pre-positioning of supplies and no set course. Any rescue would be hours away. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Some of the 70 entrants in the 10th Race 2 Alaska sail out of Port Townsend Bay, passing Mount Baker as they head to Victoria, B.C., for the first leg of the 750 mile race to Ketchikan, Alaska, at the 5 a.m. starting gun. The racers have 72 hours to make their way to Victoria, B.C., before a restart at noon on Thursday to complete the remaining 710 miles to Ketchikan. The rules of the race are that your boat can’t have an engine, no pre-positioning of supplies and no set course. Any rescue would be hours away. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Lillian Kuehl, from Port Angeles, the only entrant out of 70 from the North Olympic Peninsula, rows her way out of Port Townsend Bay at the 5 a.m. starting gun and into the Salish Sea during the first 40 miles of the 750-mile 10th Race 2 Alaska on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Some of the 70 entrants in the 10th Race 2 Alaska sail out of Port Townsend Bay, passing Mount Baker as they head to Victoria, B.C., for the first leg of the 750 mile race to Ketchikan, Alaska, at the 5 a.m. starting gun. The racers have 72 hours to make their way to Victoria, B.C., before a restart at noon on Thursday to complete the remaining 710 miles to Ketchikan. The rules of the race are that your boat can’t have an engine, no pre-positioning of supplies, no set course and any rescue would be hours away.

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