In a boat race to the Last Frontier, Alaskans opt out

Dan Blanchard’s Team UnCruise Adventures competes in 2016’s Race to Alaska on board the 25-foot trimaran Un-Screwed. The team can’t race this year. (Photo courtesy Dan Blanchard)No Alaskans are competing in this year’s Race to Alaska.
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The Washington state-to-Ketchikan competition will have close to 40 motorless watercraft. But the only team from the contest’s namesake destination has withdrawn.
Dan Blanchard is CEO of UnCruise Adventures, which sails smal