What you might not know is that the Swan Hotel is owned and operated by Northwest Maritime — so a stay there directly supports our programs and mission. We’re grateful to Cascade PBS for shining a light on this little gem across the street from our main campus. Whether you’re coming for a race, a festival, or just to explore Port Townsend, the Swan is a great home base and your booking makes the work we do here possible. The Northwest Maritime Center is a nonprofit with the mission to engage and educate people in traditional and contemporary maritime life. Located in historic Port Townsend, NW Maritime is a hub for people to orient themselves to over 14,000 years of maritime history as well as an education center to teach anyone, youth and adults, maritime trades from learning to sail to building boats.

We’re grateful to Cascade PBS for featuring the Northwest Maritime Center in their series. This segment takes a closer look at who we are, what we do, and why this place and this community matters. Whether you’re hearing about us for the first time or have been part of our story for years, we hope this gives you a fuller picture of the work happening here in Port Townsend. The Northwest Maritime Center is a nonprofit with the mission to engage and educate people in traditional and contemporary maritime life. Located in historic Port Townsend, NW Maritime is a hub for people to orient themselves to over 14,000 years of maritime history as well as an education center to teach anyone, youth and adults, maritime trades from learning to sail to building boats.

In this last episode of team interviews of the 2026 season, meet two teams that bring a lot of love-energy to the table - much more than is required when grinding to Alaska.

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A boat bought twice. A trimaran modified endlessly. A Wiley 25 resurrected for ALS awareness.

This week, Team Oaracle continues transforming optimism into forward motion, Team Hell ’n’ Ready prepares to drag a heavy Columbia 10.7 north using the power of cheesecake, and Team Pas Si Vite arrives armed with avalanche training, offshore safety protocols, and the rare ability to notice as determination becomes stupidity. This week, your dose of R2AK is brought to you by TimeZero—check out the TZ iBoat app—way better than other “Boating” apps out there.

Two teams with the strength of shared family recipe, and one who bleeds epoxy.

Blast this episode over your neighbor’s fence as you learn about shrinking tall ship know how into 20 feet of boat, how many gummies can cram in a kayak hatch, and how to prepare for R2AK utilizing the doldrumy South Puget Sound.

How different can two soloists be? Listen up. And temper that with a hot bunking extravaganza at four boat-feet per-person.

After a week hiatus the R2AK Pod is back with tales of revenge and some dudes trying to be cooler than their kids.

First place, last place and very much everything in between. Check out the many versions of R2AK, all in one episode.

A rebuilt boat that once tried to unzip itself, a team powered by an automatic “yes,” and a couple trading fair-weather sailing for something far less forgiving.

It’s a dive into the specific gravity of bad decisions, covering everything from 15-foot oars and 3D-printed pedal hubs to the tactical abandonment of dental hygiene in the name of weight savings.

This week we check in with two returning soloists still chasing their first finish in Ketchikan, a multihull team and 2024’s recipients of the “Under 20 Award” who decided this year’s lineup would include Dad, and a rowing crew arriving with fresh confidence after landing on the SEVENTY48 podium.

A solo racer returns for a third shot at outrunning the Grim Sweeper, a four-person crew comes back looking for payback after the currents wrecked their last run, and a brand-new team joins the race from the doorstep of one of its nastiest features: Seymour Narrows.

A returning pair of brothers bring their dad and some unresolved history, a carbon weapon shows up with a crew that knows just how fast is too fast, and a team named after a classic rock song leaves the motor behind and leans all the way into suffering.

Three teams, three strategies: iterative mistakes, spreadsheeted muffins with contraband wine, and one soloist moisturizing for battle with his own brain.

A couple of hard hitting deeply salt-seasoned R2AK racers grill the new chum, and the Race Boss gets curious about hot dish.

Commune with nature, learn new skills, eat much peanut butter. All the way to Alaska.

De-wax your earbuds and tune in as R2AK vets grill three sailing duos on why they signed up De-wax your earbuds and tune in as R2AK vets grill three sailing duos on why they’re signing up, what they think is about to happen, and how wrong they might be.