Jake Beattie, Director of the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend and mad man founder of the R2AK will be speaking about the race at the Center for Wooden Boats, South Lake Union 47 37.661 N, 122 20.105 W in Seattle this Friday, January 16th at 6 7-10 pm. Go! He mentioned something about beer afterwards. As one Alaskan said to me the other day about Alaska “It only hurts until you go numb!”