Race to Alaska boating contest attracts no Alaskans

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.
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 But the only team from the contest’s namesake destination has withdrawn.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/07NoAKinR2AK.mp3Dan Blanc