Sailing: Spyderco Finishes First in Race to Alaska

[clovisc]

The annual "Race to Alaska" is an 750 mile unpowered boat race from Port Townsend, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska. http://www.r2ak.com

I live in Ketchikan, and am down in Port Townsend quite a bit for work, so this event is naturally of great interest to me!

This morning around 7.30am, Team Mad Dog arrived in first-place in a 3-man catamaran, concluding a journey which they made in only 5 days. I was there to welcome them as the President of our local Chamber of Commerce.

I noticed a Spyderco Pacific Salt clipped to the first guy off the boat, who rang the bell, signaling victory.

Very cool event! Still a lot of good teams working their way north, including rowers! (!!!!)

[SpyderNut]

That is awesome! I love reading stories like this. Thanks for sharing with us. :)

[Surfingringo]

Yeah, super cool! Congrats!!

[SG89]

Awesome!

[swigert]

Awesome! I bet they weren't they only ones with a salt series knife.

[farnorthdan]

How awesome is that, and what a beautiful trip that must have been, the inside passage is beyond epic.

[remnar]

Cool story! Love the pic. :)

[clovisc]

Correction -- finish time was 3 days, 20 hours.

[DougC-3]

Thanks for sharing. I envy the folks that made and are still making the trip -- sounds like a fantastic experience.

[PiggyBackJack]

"A rough day at sea is better than any day at the office!"
Sailor's code #75

Awesome event and congrats to the winners!

[sal]

When they first announced the race, there was a lot of speculation as to what type of boat would be the best. Estimated time to finish was 2 - 3 weeks. Last years Farrier Trimaran won in a much faster time and this years winner was faster still.

Spyderco and Sage Marine (a subsidiary of Spyderco) are sponsors for the race. Each contestant has an engraved R2AK Pacific Salt.

sal

[Doc Dan]

Very nice. I knew Spyderco was into sailing but had no idea about this race. That is a beautiful area, up there.

[clovisc]

Spyderco and Sage Marine (a subsidiary of Spyderco) are sponsors for the race. Each contestant has an engraved R2AK Pacific Salt.

sal

Sweet!!! I am sure it was one of the R2AK Pacifics. Now I have another reason to love the race!

[tangent]

When they first announced the race, there was a lot of speculation as to what type of boat would be the best. Estimated time to finish was 2 - 3 weeks. Last years Farrier Trimaran won in a much faster time and this years winner was faster still.

Spyderco and Sage Marine (a subsidiary of Spyderco) are sponsors for the race. Each contestant has an engraved R2AK Pacific Salt.

sal

Just out of curiosity...are those engraved R2AK Pac Salts serrated or plain edge?

[Sequimite]

Cool event. The story was on the front page of yesterday's paper because they started at Port Townsend, about twenty miles from me. I'll try to watch the first part next year, either from near Port Townsend or Victoria.

[SpyderEdgeForever]

It is very cool that Sal and company have been very much into designing seaworthy sailing knives and tools.