Race rules:  "Any boat without an engine can enter."   Huh. Sounds fun.

Interesting to see Hughes slagging proas for this race. http://multihullblog.com/2015/06/race-to-alaska/#comments

Says too much tacking is needed:  "Agility would be far more important than speed as I see it.   The wind will be from 10 different directions in 10 minutes and you may have to tack 5 times in that ten minutes to dodge eddies or kelp beds.  And typically it all seems to be uphill.  Short tacking is often the rule. [...] Imagine having to move the mast every tack as on the Bieker proa?  What were they thinking?"