2025 Wa360 Daily Updates

Race Accomplished.

By the time you read this, Team MZEE and Let Loose The Goose have probably already hit the beach in Port Townsend, high-fiving strangers and ringing any bell they can...

Day 467: What Even Is Going On Out There?

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it's always ourselves we find in the sea.” – e. e. cummings Guys, it’s the final push!! Transformative maritime experiences are...

Like Rapture, but with Trackers

Welcome to WA360 Daily Update 11, or is it 12?  If you know without counting, you’re doing better than us—and for sure better than the five blistered and bleary-eyed teams still...

Day 10 — So Much Happy, So Much Hard, So Close to Done

Most adventure chasers can recall their first big journey with crystal clarity—the one that left the weekend warrioring, even the full week funfest, bobbing in the wake of this escapade’s...

Monday: Miles, Misery, Mutual Aid

Alright everyone it’s Monday! Week two! The racers that remain have been out there for NINE whole days—that’s a long time to survive on pure grit and energy bars! 52...

Sail Fast, Eat Bread

As the Race Boss of WA360, I’ve been finding myself continually at the edge of tears seeing the deep effect this race is having on competitors. I keep hearing stories...

Run What You Brung

When I first saw that Liam Pareis (aka Team Fairly Fleabag II) was entering a Sid Skiff in this year’s WA360, I did a double take. The sleek 13-foot open...

High on ISO, Low on Sleep

Big love and a huge thanks to our incredible media team—the folks bouncing around the course on boats owned and skippered by badass volunteers, running on PB&Js and caffeine, dangling...

When More Is More

Humans are adaptation machines. On multi-day journeys, especially physically demanding ones, there’s a threshold beyond which that unusual thing you’re doing starts to feel normal, like you were made to...

Gale Warnings and Engine Sins

Tis the season of “who knows what will happen" weather, and Tuesday decided that gale warnings should be on the menu across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, creating a...

WA360 | The Winning Begins

The first team to finish in WA360 is a bit like a second start. A moment that reminds the rest of the fleet that the finish line is out there....

Real is Getting Realer

In every human endeavor, there is an unspoken but understood threshold where things go from clenched-jaw “fine” to real. Yes, desperation-driven cannibalism, but also the WA360.  What do we mean?  May 1846,...

Day 1 and a Dash of 2.

After months of hand-wringing and gear-fondling, WA360 2.0 cannonballed off the dock yesterday. 84 teams shoved off from Port Townsend on their 360-mile lap of Puget Sound and the Salish...