Volunteer for R2AK and SEVENTY48
Volunteer for NWMC Adventure Races

R2AK
750-mile engineless boat race beginning in Port Townsend, WA and ending in Ketchikan, AK.
Ruckus: June 4, 2023
Stage One Race Start: June 5, 2023
Stage Two Race Start: June 8, 2023

SEVENTY48
Seventy miles. 48 hours. Tacoma to Port Townsend. Rules are simple: no motors, no support, and no wind. That’s right. Muscles only. Pedal, paddle, or row. We don’t care. It’s up to you.
Race Start: June 2, 2023
Race to Alaska & SEVENTY48 volunteer shifts
Help us keep our adventure races thriving! Race to Alaska is shaping up to be one of the biggest and most exciting yet—more teams, less rules, more shenanigans. And SEVENTY48 is returning for year five with even more teams we just can't wait to celebrate at the finish line. Volunteer opportunities in Tacoma, Port Townsend, and Victoria include registration help, program distribution, finish line ops, bartending, traffic, selling merch, and more! You'll want to be a part of it, and we want you to be, too.
Volunteer T-Shirts
Hey, guess what? When you volunteer for the adventure races, you'll get a volunteer t-shirt. Sign up for at least two shifts or one of the longer time commitments and that shirt is yours! The sense of being part of a team, supporting a community, and keeping folks safe is yours to keep no matter how long you volunteer.
Required Volunteer Orientation
All volunteers are required to attend the Volunteer Orientation at the Northwest Maritime Center campus. You will receive a reminder in the confirmation email after signing up for your shift(s). If you cannot make this training, please email volunteer@nwmaritime.org.
Safety & Paparazzi Crew Volunteers
Safety Support Volunteers
Positions for racer safety support are skill-specific. We aren’t looking for master mariners in every position, but we need people who can think on their feet, work well within a structured safety system, have the ability for hard work and sometimes long hours, and, most importantly, understand that this hard work is what keeps race teams safe during this focused challenge.
Paparazzi Crew Volunteers
We are looking for camera folk, social media jockeys, and folks willing to even take some short video for places like Facebook and our own website. Have a drone? We’ll buy it lunch! Join the teams that run around our race courses helping to document these incredible efforts of racers.
Questions?
Contact us at volunteer@nwmaritime.org.