Crews ride the waves and battle the elements in epic Race to Alaska

Friday Harbor team dominates ‘Race 2 Alaska’ - The Journal of the San Juan Islands

By Pierre Labossiere, Peninsula Daily News,

Crews ride the waves and battle the elements in epic Race to Alaska

Northbound Nutters make 750-mile trip from Victoria to Ketchikan in 5 days, 8 hours, 4 minutes

Team 'Northbound Nutters' claims first place and $10,000 in 2026 Race to Alaska

The “Northbound Nutters” approach a dock in Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin boat harbor on Monday evening. The team placed first in this year’s Race to Alaska, an engineless boat competition that begins in Washington state. (Hunter Morrison/KRBD) It was a rare sunny evening on Monday at the Thomas Basin boat harbor, in the heart of downtown Ketchikan. A few dozen spectators cheered on the Northbound Nutters, a team of four men aboard a yellow, multihul…

RACE TO ALASKA: Friday Harbor’s Northbound Nutters wins going away

Big battle for second place and top kayaker

2026 Race to Alaska: The Race for Second Place

Just a day after Northbound Nutters and their yellow, 32-foot F-32SR trimaran finished in Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin Harbor, the team finally got to celebrate its intrepid 750-mile voyage.

Race to Alaska: The winner has won

Team Northbound Nutters won the 2026 Race to Alaska, riding their Farrier F-32SR across the finish line at 7:04pm (local time) on June 22 in Ketchikan, AK. While not a record breaker, their victory was convincing. The big yellow trimaran was the boat to beat from the start, but that shouldn’t take anything away from the way they sailed. Captain Nige Oswald, Michael Holt, Gavin Brackett, and Rob Woelfel finished in 5 days, 8 hours, and 4 minutes,…