Seattle Sailing Team Wins Race To Alaska

KUOW | By Ross Reynolds,

Amina Al-Sadi

Published June 12, 2015 at 2:35 PM AKDT

Team Elsie Piddock sails up Nichols Passage south of Ketchikan on the way to winning the Race to Alaska.

Ross Reynolds talks to Jake Beattie the director of the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend and the organizer of the first ever Race to Alaska contest about how Team Elsie Piddock managed to defy expectations and win the race in one week and a day.

See more at the Ketchikan Daily News.