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.
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 will aim to complete the 710-mile journey from Victoria to Ketchikan, Alaska, starting June 12. The team, which is officially named the “Juvenile Delinquents” referencing their plans to skip their final weeks of school, are excited for the multi-day journey and to go above and beyond high school dinghy racing.
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.