{"id":1844,"date":"2015-06-08T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T18:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2015-06-10T01:16:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T05:16:39","slug":"race-to-alaska-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/race-to-alaska-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"Race to Alaska has begun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

With 2 boats carrying our Pacific Swift emblem, you can guess Russell has been helping get them ready for the race. We have been very excited about this race mainly due to the spirit of it, in the tradition of the early OSTAR<\/a>, where practically anybody with a boat and perseverance could enter and possibly the least likely could win.
\nSome boats have been designed and built from scratch and been launched a little too close to the race date to be ideal. But, they made it to the starting line and the shakedown leg to Victoria has been a great learning experience. For entrant details you can see the Race to Alaska<\/a> website. As of writing this blog the racers have left Victoria on the second leg of the race<\/a>. The spot trackers allow you to follow their progress in real time.<\/p>\n

So what was the start like? Numerous great videos have been posted online but that\u00a0 morning, with so many boats on the water at daybreak and the sudden cheer that erupted from shore at the starting horn, is hard to capture on film.<\/p>\n