Day 13-Halfway there
Leigh and Dameon have settled in on a small island near the north tip of Hunter Island after covering over 40 miles today. They past the halfway mark today. Only 346 miles to go.
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June 2019
Day 12-Around the Cape
Dameon and Leigh are tackling the one of the most challenging stages of their journey: rounding Cape Caution between Queen Charlotte Strait and the protected waters of the Inland Passage. During the crossing the tracker showed them taking a break south of Table Island at a tiny island which has a fancy compound (lair?) complete
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Day 11-Beach Vacation?
Dameon and Leigh bivouacked on their tiny island for the entire day, most likely due to the 15 knot winds reported off Cape Caution and not because they found a margarita machine on the beach. Hopefully the full day’s rest will invigorate them for the push around the cape tomorrow. Here’s to light winds…
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Day 10 – Laying Up Near Bramham
Leigh and Dameon made only 30 miles to the mouth of Queen Charlotte Strait and pulled in to a speck of an island near Bramham Island by 2 in the afternoon. Long since out of cell coverage, they are no doubt waiting for a full day and light winds to round unprotected Cape Caution. Below
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Day 9 – Into Queen Charlotte Strait
Leigh and Dameon made about 42 miles as they left the Johnstone Strait into Queen Charlotte Strait. Leaving civilization behind they made camp on the British Columbia mainland as they prepare to approach the open waters of the Pacific. View this post on Instagram Our only human-powered team still rowing strong! Looking good Team BackwardsAF!
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Day 8 – Johnstone Straight
Our intrepid rowers start out into notorious Johnson Straight, where they were surrounded by a pod of Dahl’s porpoises having a feeding frenzy. Leigh reports it was liking being in an episode of Blue Planet. Made camp in the Broken Islands after 49 miles. Into the Queen Charlotte Strait tomorrow!
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Day 7 – Through the Narrows
Through Seymour Narrows a day early! Thanks to a 5 mph following current that had them making 10 mph at times Leigh and Dameon arrived at Seymour Narrows with 50 minutes until low water slack tide. They decided to follow a fishing boat in the hopes it knew what it was doing. Lots of turbulence,
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Day 6 – Air Force Beach Campground
Made 46 miles today, stopping at Air Force Beach campground near Comox, BC….need to fill water bags. Took a midday siesta in the channel between Hornby and Denman Islands. Pushing on tomorrow to stop short of Seymour Narrows!
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Day 5 to Gerald Island
Dameon and Leigh continue to push on to the Georgia Strait. After laying up waiting for the tide to turn prior to rowing through False Narrows, Backwards AF threaded their way through Nanaimo Harbor without getting run over by ferries, float planes, or log booms. Making nearly 40 miles this day they camped on a
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Day 4 to Wallace Island
View this post on Instagram That moment when these two were near the lead. The essence of R2AK. 📷 @spenceweber #r2ak #racetoalaska @uncruise @ortlieb_waterproof #ortliebwaterproof #mustangsurvival #livebeyondland #builtforthewild @ourfirstfed @fisheriessupply @racetoalaska #porttownsend #ketchikan @travelketchikan #uncruise A post shared by Race to Alaska (@racetoalaska) on Jun 7, 2019 at 9:18am PDT Leigh and Dameon make an
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