Be part of a small team of safety folk inspecting vessels. You’ll get to meet the teams and help ensure our high safety standards and safety education. All WA360 teams must satisfy Coast Guard requirements for these race waters. Inspectors will be given training and guidance documents to use for inspections. All racer resistance is sent to the Race Boss, so you get to always be the nice one! You’ll call teams ahead of time to schedule inspections.

REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge of shipboard safety gear required. Examples include: PFDs, flares, horns, and VHF radios. You don’t need to be an expert, but you should have some experience with shipboard safety gear. You also must have the ability to walk about marinas easily and take pictures of the boats you inspect.

AVAILABILITY

Available to meet with the Inspection Team on zoom sometime in the month before the race start. Available to meet with race teams for inspections on Friday, June 27 and/or the morning of June 28, in Port Townsend and occasionally in the weeks prior for teams who may arrive early/live nearby. There are no standard shifts for Safety Inspectors.

We need 2-4 people to train teams in the operation and use of the GPS device that we require all teams to carry. Volunteers will be trained and supplied with support materials.

REQUIREMENTS

Good communication skills and ability to stand for a while and some comfort around the use of technology that has more than two buttons (but no more than 5!).

AVAILABILITY

Friday, June 27. Noon – ?

Ready to give it all by supporting the races with yourself and your vessel? Do you have a boat? Want to put it to the best and highest use and be part of the race’s Incident Command System (ICS)? We are looking for vessels as small as 12’ RIBs to as large as whatever you got! The race start is the first time that we actually see the racers on the water, and who knows what will happen! Although the route is much more straightforward than R2AK’s Proving Ground – we intend to strategically place vessels throughout day one.

REQUIREMENTS

A sound vessel and an ability to operate in all conditions suitable for your vessel type. Good VHF skills and the willingness and ability to work in a team with a strong hierarchical structure (the Race Boss calls the shots!). Bringing your own crew is a plus—after all, you know them already.

AVAILABILITY

It all happens on Race Day (June 28) and is a one-day gig that starts at 10am. Captains must be available for at least one planning meeting about 3 weeks prior to race start.

The WA360 Media Extravaganza cannot happen without the ability to get our cameras where they need to be. Typically those places are made out of salt water, and we need boats to get them there! Do you have a boat? Want to put it to the best and highest use and be part of the race’s Media Team? This role is dynamic, since we never know where we will need to go, how long we will need to be there, or what we’ll find when we start rolling the camera.

REQUIREMENTS

The ideal Media Team vessel is a power vessel that can travel at a reasonable (~10kn) speed, or even a fantastic (15+kn) speed, and serve as a suitable platform for a small team (1-3) of photographers or videographers to shoot content from.

The ideal vessel will also be able to be an accomodation space for the media team – a place to sleep, eat, and edit video. Even if your boat stays tied to the dock, depending on where that dock is, it could potentially serve this purpose!

AVAILABILITY

Your availability may range from just the race start day, or all the way up to traveling the entire course between between June 28 and July 12. Let’s discuss!

We take every opportunity to grab video footage of the race. We have media crews in Port Townsend before and during race start, in Port Townsend for the festivities, and on the water in between locations. It’s near impossible to describe all the potential scenarios, but if you think you are up for some adventure, want to lend us your talent, and are willing to volunteer—please let us know.

REQUIREMENTS

You should know your way around your camera and be able to upload to the cloud without a lot of hand-holding. We aren’t really looking for “hobbyists,” but people studied in the art and striving to take better footage every time they go out. And just so you know, while we love you, we are looking for good videographers for the environment we race in. Because of that, we have to really vet our candidates. If you think you will be offended by our pickiness, please don’t apply to this, and let’s find something else we can do together that guarantees fun!

AVAILABILITY

Some times in May and June would be the most helpful for us, but again, let’s talk.

If you happen to be taking a break from cutting together episodes of The Great British Baking Show, perhaps we can find a way to weave you into the plan! Show us what you’ve got.

REQUIREMENTS

You should show up with a solid understanding of the WA360 “vibe”, and also with fast and experienced fingers in the film editing department. We aren’t really looking for folks who sometimes put a video together, but rather people who consider film editing to be their passion, and are always on a quest for the sublime. Because of that, we have to really vet our candidates. If you think you will be offended by our pickiness, please don’t apply to this, and let’s find something else we can do together that guarantees fun!

AVAILABILITY

Let’s talk.

If this is your forte, we’d love to chat. Social media is increasingly important to any business or venture. We need to share the stories of the race with the right tags, frequency, and tone. WA360 has a highly tuned Communications Team, including a Social Media specialist – you’d be on their team. Depending on the scenario—travel could be involved, there is also the potential of getting on the water, or just sitting on your yoga ball at home. Seriously, there’s a lot of options.

REQUIREMENTS

We are looking for folks that can leverage their unique social media skills into a pivotal volunteer position.

AVAILABILITY

Let’s talk.