Yukon 1000 teams crossing border
When Peter Coates organized the Yukon 1000 for the first time in 2009,
When Peter Coates organized the Yukon 1000 for the first time in 2009, he told the Star at the time that he expected canoes to have an advantage over kayaks.
鈥淚t鈥檚 felt that the kayaks are faster in the River Quest, but I thought that over a longer distance, the kayaks would become too uncomfortable and the canoes would come back into their own,鈥� he told reporter Elizabeth Hames.
Over five editions of the race, a kayak has won every time.
But that might all be about to change.
As teams cross the border into Alaska, the tandem canoe team 鈥淢ainely Nuts鈥� of 63-year-old Brad Krog and his partner, Terry Wescott, 67, are in the lead.
The next boat is the U.K team 鈥淔oot Guards.鈥� Behind them is 鈥淭he Trail Events Team.鈥� They have been trading third place with the Kenyan K-2 team 鈥淜ayaking for Conservation.鈥�
Teams likely won鈥檛 be breaking any records in this low water year. The course record, 6 days, 2:11:07 was set at the inaugural race in 2009 by twins Richard and Henry Hendron.
All seven teams that started in鈥圵hitehorse are still on the river.
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