There’s a fleet of sailboats racing from Port Townsend, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska right now called the Race to Alaska that set out June 30. First prize: $10,000. Second prize: A set of steak knives. There is no third prize.
The race, organized by the Northwest Maritime Center, saw its inaugural run last year, when 35 jaunty mariners set out for the 750-mile passage north, each gunning for the prize.…
