Yukon 1000

The Yukon Double: Lincoln Dews wants to paddle 2300km in two and a half weeks

posted May 17th, 2022 by Christopher Parker, former Boss Man

Lincoln Dews knows a thing or two about tough races. The former world champ may have made his mark winning short course SUP races but he’s actually got a decade of experience in ultra territory.

Lincoln first raced Molokai-2-Oahu as a 16-year-old in 2010 and returned several times to that fabled, 52km channel crossing in Hawaii. He’s also competed in the (in)famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race three times – that’s one of the grandest events on the Australian sporting calendar weighing in at 628 nautical miles (1,170km or 722 standard miles). The Sunshine Coast local has completed several adventure paddles at home ranging from 70-200km, and he’s even aiming to row across the Indian Ocean next year… → READ MORE

World’s longest paddle race – the “Yukon 1000” – is being postponed til 2021 due to the spread of the coronavirus

posted March 19th, 2020 by Christopher Parker, former Boss Man

The world’s longest paddle race, the mind-boggling Yukon 1000, which was set to take place across eight or nine days in July, has been postponed until 2021 due to fears about spreading the coronavirus in the remote Yukon communities and the health & safety of race participants. The strict measures imposed by the Canadian government and worldwide travel restrictions would have also made the event extremely difficult to run. → READ MORE

“The hardest paddle I’ve ever done” — 8 days, 1 hour and 42 minutes in the Yukon wilderness.

posted August 3rd, 2018 by Christopher Parker, former Boss Man

As paddlers were standing on the shores of Molokai last Sunday morning, staring out at Oahu in the distance and preparing for one of the most challenging races of the year, Bart de Zwart and Ike Frans were taking their final strokes along a very different, much less fabled but far more difficult course.

On Sunday morning Alaska time, just 45 minutes before the start of Molokai2Oahu, Bart and Ike crossed the line to win the Yukon 1000, a mind-boggling race through some of the most remote territory on the planet. They’d been paddling since early Saturday …of the previous week.

After 8 days, 1 hour and 42 minutes, Bart and Ike won the world’s longest canoe race, an epic, 1609 kilometre-long adventure that stretches from Canada’s Yukon territory across the U.S. border into Alaska. The “race” (perhaps *odyssey* is a more fitting description) is an extraordinary test of both physical and mental strength, with competitors paddling 18 hours per day and almost zero human interaction except for their single team mate. → READ MORE