Last night and tonight we are docked at the Hoonah City Harbour.
We're still catching up with blog posts, sigh.
On our way to Alaska we arrived in Prince Rupert on June 17 and stayed for a couple of days. We had excellent coffee at Cowpuccino's, delicious sushi at Opa Sushi Bar and seafood at the Breakers Pub, and, best of all, met an R2AK (Race to Alaska) 2nd place winner!
which has an interesting history.
A bit of Cow Bay history.
Smiles has been there forever.
While on a dock walk we met Ken who was hanging an R2AK burgee on a halyard on his sailboat!
I am a total R2AK fan and struck up a conversation with him and found out that he has raced in several R2AK races. His wife Barb and daughter have raced also.
Ken's team, "Lagopus" placed 2nd in 2018, behind first place winners,
the all women team "Sail Like A Girl".
The prize for 1st place is $10,000 nailed to a board. 2nd place wins a set of steak knives. R2AK is not a main stream event. Race to Alaska intel.
Ken had the set of steak knives on board his sailboat and brought them out to show us.
Ken's team, "Lagopus" placed 2nd in 2018, behind first place winners,
the all women team "Sail Like A Girl".
The prize for 1st place is $10,000 nailed to a board. 2nd place wins a set of steak knives. R2AK is not a main stream event. Race to Alaska intel.
Ken had the set of steak knives on board his sailboat and brought them out to show us.
We visited with Ken and Barb on Luna Quest and sampled their impressive collection of Scotch and listened to some great stories from R2AK races, including the one about Karl Kruger who did the entire 2017 race from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK on a SUP (stand up paddle board).
Karl Kruger, R2AK SUP racer.
Karl Kruger, R2AK SUP racer.
Ready for an early morning start from Prince Rupert to Dundas Island before continuing on
to cross into US waters.
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