WA360 Kicks Off Saturday June 28 with a Varied Fleet of 91 Boats
WA360 is making a very triumphant return to the waters of the Salish Sea this weekend, and the fun meter is about to hit the red. Here's some stuff to know! On Saturday June 28 (tomorrow at the time of this post) at 11am on…
Rowing a Sailboat to Port Townsend: Team Steak Knives to a Gunfight’s Historically Questionable Seventy48
Putting a 6,000 mast-less sailboat on the starting line with scores of lightweight kayaks and rowing craft for a 70-mile human-powered adventure race... Now that's a magnificently horrible idea.
SEVENTY48 Launches Today! Cheer on Racers at the Tacoma Start or Follow Online
The human powered adventure race, SEVENTY48, begins tonight in Tacoma's Foss Waterway. Join the fun at the start, or follow the hundred-plus teams online! Now in its seventh running, SEVENTY48 continues to deliver for its…
The Story Machine: WA360
Straight from the Race Boss... Tl;dr: It wasn’t our intention, but it's possible that we’ll be responsible for an all-time low turnout at your weekly beer can race in late June. The Adventure Race Department at Northwest…
Video: WA360 Race Boss Joins Boat Geeks Podcast
Filmed live at the 2024 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, WA360 Race Boss Jesse Wiegel stopped by the Boat Geeks tent to announce the rebooted race for 2025. Recorded on location in the Fisheries Supply "Live at the Wooden…
The WA360 Race is Back!
After one year of glory in 2021, the WA360 adventure race is once again getting it's time to shine, as it will now rotate years with the Race to Alaska. The wait is over. Hints have been dropping, teasing the possibilities,…
Video: R2AK 2024 Race Recap
Race to Alaska 2024 is in the books and as usual it brought forth a cast of characters and boats that couldn't be found anywhere else! Enjoy this wrap-up video and a few words from the Race Boss. DAY DONE: A LETTER FROM…
High Seas Adventurer: An Interview with Kirsten Neuschäfer, Part Two
Kirsten sitting down to chat with starstruck…
Sea Adventurer: An Interview with Kirsten Neuschäfer, Part One
Minnehaha, Kirsten's Cape George 36.
South African…
Big R2AK News and the Return of the WA360 Race
The bosses at R2AK high command recently announced the return of WA360 next summer and that the Race to Alaska will now run on alternate years. WA360 (pronounced Washington Three Sixty) is 360 miles of engineless,…