From left, Ballard high school students Isa Ford, Odin Bjorklund, and Henry Thomas, discuss what they have left to do to get ready for the R2AK, a 750-mile race to Ketchikan, Alaska, using only human or wind power, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer Some of the world’s most audacious sailors will race 750 miles from Port Townsend to Ketchikan in this year’s Race to Alaska. The competition's youngest racers are five scrappy Seattle teens.