R2AK - Race to Alaska 750 miles of 50 degree water
- Official web site: r2ak.com
- Stage 1: Port Townsend to Victoria BC (40 miles) - June 3, 2019, 0500 (Monday)
- Stage 2: Victoria BC to Ketchikan (710 miles) - June 6, 2019, 1200 (Thursday)
- Tracker
- Daily Updates
- Facebook page
Unofficial Route Map (below) - download as .kmz file for Google Earth
Weather, Charts:
- Marine Weather for Pacific - South Coast (Government of Canada)
- Starpath: Weather and Navigation Data for the Inside Passage and R2AK
- Windy.com (Windyty.com)
- sailflow.com
- marinetraffic.com AIS and wind (enable wind layer in left menu)
- Weather Underground: Victoria Gonzales, Deal Street, Victoria, Ten Mile Point, Boundary Pass, Nanaimo, Sisters Island, Campbell River
- webapp.navionics.com (charts!)
Web Cams (map)
- Victoria harbor
- Ogden Point Breakwater, Victoria BC
- Dallas Road/Cook Street, Victoria
- Harling Point
- Pipers Lagoon, Nanaimo BC
- San Pareil, Parksville BC
- Columbia Beach, Parksville BC
- Campbell River
- Ketchikan (six web cams!)
Forums:
- Small Craft Advisor (official)
- Sailing Anarchy: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 (multihulls), 2015
Articles
Seymour Narrows
History: www.geog.uvic.ca/viwilds/ul-ripplerock.html
Navionics chart: 50.1333° N, 125.3500° W
R2AK History at Seymour Narrows
In 2015, Team Elsie Piddock made it to Seymour Narrows in just under 30 hours (~148 miles via the Trincomali Channel and Porlier Pass).
In 2016, Team MAD Dog got though Seymour Narrows only ~24(?) hours after the start!
2019 Currents at Seymour Narrows
June 7, 2019, tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/5757.html (graphic below: blue is adverse flood, green is favorable ebb)
To avoid an opposing flood current, unless you get there in less than ~27 hours and catch the end of an ebb (2:53 pm Friday), the first three opportunities to get past this "gate" appear to be:
- Friday evening at 9:50 PM (~34 hours after the start, when the ebb begins) until 4:20 AM (when the flood begins)
- Saturday morning at 9:35 AM (~46 hours after the start) until Saturday afternoon at 3:50 PM (when the flood begins)
- Saturday evening at 10:41 PM (~59 hours after the start) until Sunday morning at 5:19 AM (when the flood begins)
2019-06-07 Fri 3:24 AM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-07 Fri 5:13 AM PDT Sunrise
2019-06-07 Fri 5:52 AM PDT 6.5 knots Max Flood
2019-06-07 Fri 8:31 AM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-07 Fri 11:55 AM PDT -9.9 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-07 Fri 2:53 PM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-07 Fri 6:16 PM PDT 12.5 knots Max Flood
2019-06-07 Fri 9:27 PM PDT Sunset
2019-06-07 Fri 9:50 PM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-08 Sat 1:00 AM PDT -10.5 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-08 Sat 4:20 AM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-08 Sat 5:12 AM PDT Sunrise
2019-06-08 Sat 6:53 AM PDT 6.3 knots Max Flood
2019-06-08 Sat 9:35 AM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-08 Sat 12:54 PM PDT -8.9 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-08 Sat 3:50 PM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-08 Sat 7:13 PM PDT 11.4 knots Max Flood
2019-06-08 Sat 9:28 PM PDT Sunset
2019-06-08 Sat 10:41 PM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-09 Sun 1:56 AM PDT -10.3 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-09 Sun 5:12 AM PDT Sunrise
2019-06-09 Sun 5:19 AM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-09 Sun 7:58 AM PDT 6.6 knots Max Flood
2019-06-09 Sun 10:48 AM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-09 Sun 1:59 PM PDT -8.1 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-09 Sun 4:54 PM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-09 Sun 8:15 PM PDT 10.3 knots Max Flood
2019-06-09 Sun 9:29 PM PDT Sunset
2019-06-09 Sun 11:00 PM PDT First Quarter
2019-06-09 Sun 11:35 PM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-10 Mon 2:55 AM PDT -10.3 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-10 Mon 5:11 AM PDT Sunrise
2019-06-10 Mon 6:18 AM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-10 Mon 9:07 AM PDT 7.4 knots Max Flood
2019-06-10 Mon 12:07 PM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-10 Mon 3:12 PM PDT -7.7 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-10 Mon 6:06 PM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-10 Mon 9:20 PM PDT 9.4 knots Max Flood
2019-06-10 Mon 9:30 PM PDT Sunset
2019-06-11 Tue 12:30 AM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-11 Tue 3:55 AM PDT -10.5 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-11 Tue 5:11 AM PDT Sunrise
2019-06-11 Tue 7:15 AM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-11 Tue 10:13 AM PDT 8.7 knots Max Flood
2019-06-11 Tue 1:24 PM PDT -0.0 knots Slack, Ebb Begins
2019-06-11 Tue 4:26 PM PDT -7.9 knots Max Ebb
2019-06-11 Tue 7:20 PM PDT 0.0 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2019-06-11 Tue 9:30 PM PDT Sunset
2019-06-11 Tue 10:23 PM PDT 8.8 knots Max Flood