R2AK 2023

Team Of One became the second human-powered competitor to finish the Race to Alaska with a prodigious leg that covered over 60 miles in 17 hours. After stopping at Dundas Island Friday evening Dameon pushed off around 2 am and kept going until he stood on the dock in Ketchikan. Now out of the contrary […]

Team Of One approaches the USA after 3 days of rowing the two narrow passages of the Inside Passage. After pulling within 10 miles of Team Wave Forager Dameon experienced the frustration of hitting the narrow Grenville Channel just a few hours behind fellow rower Wave Forager but missing the following current while Wave Forager

After last night’s post, Dameon pressed on for 13 more miles into the late evening, sleeping in until 7 this morning. Since then he has made over 30 miles, attempting to time the tidal currents in the narrow passage next to Princess Royal Island. Interesting to note that in the past 3 days Team Of

Another smaller day in terms of distance, with 35 miles gone after departing at 0330 to catch the ebb tide. After steady progress into a 5-10 knot north wind Dameon was slowed considerably and laid up on the south point of Swindle Island for a few hours, perhaps in hopes that currents would become favorable.

Dameon has checked in from Bella Bella, one of the last few cell towers between there and Ketchikan. He reports that today a humpback whale 3x the length of Dilly surfaced only 20 feet from him, then swam beside him for the next hour, repeatedly coming back to look at Dameon and the boat. This

After a slow first half of the race due to high winds and forced idleness it is only fitting that Dameon pulls into Bella Bella after a slow day against the wind. As of 6:30 pm he’s made 30 miles instead of the 40 to 60 he often rows. As icing on the pain cake

Yesterday Dameon pushed from Foster Island toward Cape Caution on a course that could have been drawn with a ruler. While other human-powered craft hugged the shorelines Team Of One went straight down the middle of Queen Charlotte Sound. The goal was to round Cape Caution but fighting the steady headwind made Dameon pull up

Our man from Belfast is making wake after two days of enforced idleness. Launching at 0430 he had 10 miles behind him by 0630, aided by the ebb tide and calm winds. Plowing through a counter current by Hardwicke Island and the flood tide, Dameon picked up the ebb tide again as he rowed out

After 48 hours of sitting on the same beach, Team Of One rowed our in the early evening to try his luck against the wind. Dameon spent almost a second full day waiting out the strong NW winds and waves and finally launched around 1730 PDT. It’s obvious from his speed of 1.5 knots over

As forecast, winds stayed high out of the NW for Dameon today resulting in a rare day with no movement. At least Dameon reports that he has a beach to walk on to stretch his legs but will sleep aboard Dilly to lessen the bear risk. He is in good company as virtually no boat