Posted on 1/31/2016
LEXINGTON, Mass. (June 5, 2015)– Sperry, creator of the world’s first boat shoe, announces today that the company will sponsor brothers Tripp and Chris Burd on their 750-mile sea-based journey from Port Townsend, Wash. to Ketchikan, Alaska in the Race to Alaska (R2AK).
The race is the first of its kind, boasting minimal rules except that vessels must be wind or man-powered and that race participants are entirely self-supported during their journey. The brothers, who will go by the name Team FreeBurd, will sail and paddle the 750 miles to Alaska in their catamaran aptly named the “FreeBurd”.
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