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 an aspiring Disney hero and two sailing duos on why they’re signing up, what they think is about to happen, and how wrong they might be.

A Melges, a Corsair, and a Rowcruiser walk into a bar.

Get to know Team Fly Girls and Team Apple Bottom Boy - ne'er were there two more dissimilar teams on one podcast.

2024 Women's R2AK Racer panel recorded at The Ruckus, June 8. Stina Booth, Janice Mason, Jo Barley, Lillian Kuehl, and Katy Stewart.