In 2022, for the first time ever, there will be TWO raids!
2022 July Raid:
The Barefoot Raid course & schedule
Click on legs (AM & PM most days) for more details, including date, destinations, and distances. Click upper right corner icon to view full-size chart.
Raid schedule
On most days of the Raid, the fleet will race (or cruise) through two legs: one in the morning; one in the afternoon. Boats will typically raft together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will either raft up at anchor for the night with the motherships or go ashore to camp.
Here’s the daily itinerary for July 2022 (~100 miles total):
Day 1 (Jul 1, Fri): ? miles
Heriot Bay, Quadra Island > ?
Day 8 (Jul 8, Fri): ? miles
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? > Heriot Bay, Quadra Island
2022 September Raid:
The Barefoot Raid course & schedule
Click on legs (AM & PM most days) for more details, including date, destinations, and distances. Click upper right corner icon to view full-size chart.
Raid schedule
On most days of the Raid, the fleet will race (or cruise) through two legs: one in the morning; one in the afternoon. Boats will typically raft together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will either raft up at anchor for the night with the motherships or go ashore to camp.
Here’s the daily itinerary for September 2021 (~100 miles total):
Day 1 (Sep 1, Thu): ? miles
Gabriola Island, BC, Canada > ?
Day 8 (Sep 8, Thu): ? miles
?> ?
? > Port Townsend, WA, USA
The daily cycle of Salish Sea glee
- 07:00 boats and crews raft together for breakfast
- 08:00 skippers meeting
- 09:00 start the morning leg
- Boats race under oar, or sail, or pedal or paddle, until the designated spot
- Lunch served on the motherships
- Afternoon leg starts shortly after the slowest boats arrive
- Crews then race to the pre-determined spot for the evening
- Spend the night either:
- at anchor, alone with their thoughts and blisters
- rafted with the motherships, sharing stories of the days triumphs and losses
- camped on the beach, communing with B.C’s rugged wilderness, and the intertidal zone
The days will dawn bright and full of promise, and the cycle will be repeated. A score will be awarded for each leg according to the order of finish (1 for first, 2 for second…) The boat with the lowest score at the end of the Raid receives eternal glory, and a nifty prize…
