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A team of four teenagers will push off from Victoria, B.C., point the bow of their 29-foot secondhand sailboat north and race 750 cold-water miles to Ketchikan, Alaska.

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While most high school students will be preparing for their final exams and wrapping up their school year this June, Orcas Island teens Dagney Kruger and Else Ranker will be sailing in the Race to Alaska (R2AK) competition. Joined by Bryce Lutz (19) and Willow Gray (18) from Bellingham, the team of four will compete in the first leg of the race on June 9, sailing 40 miles from Port Townsend to Victoria B.C., crossing two sets of shipping lanes and an international border. From there, the team wi...

While most high school students will be preparing for their final exams and wrapping up their school year this June, Orcas Island teens Dagney Kruger and

While most high school students will be preparing for their final exams and wrapping up their school year this June, Orcas Island teens Dagney Kruger and Else Ranker will be sailing in the Race to Alaska competition.

Major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus.

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