ABOUT
Captain Karl Kruger has been on the water for over 35 years. He taught himself to windsurf at twelve years old and worked his way up to 420s, Lasers, Hobies and a variety of Keelboats. He began teaching sailing when he was 17, and now holds a United States Coast Guard 100 Ton Master’s License with Sail and Tow endorsements. For the last 20 years, he has cruised extensively in the San Juan Islands, Canadian Gulf Islands, the Canadian Coast, and Alaska.
Karl holds a B.S. in Environmental Science/ Toxicology and an A.A.S. in Ecology and Environmental Technology. He also holds current certifications for CPR and Outdoor Emergency Care.
In the 2017 Race to Alaska, Karl became the first person to paddle the 750 mile race course on a Stand Up Paddleboard, completing the race in under two weeks. In 2022 he will paddle non-assisted 2,000 miles of the Northwest Passage.
SAIL
Captaining the 64 foot Bruce Roberts steel cutter Ocean Watch, Karl will captain a flotilla for the June 2022 season for Sail Alaska.
Set for fall of 2021, S/V Ocean Watch will again set sail for America's OceanWatch, slated to once again round the Americas to collect scientific data and promote marine education.
PADDLE
The first attempt of its kind, Karl will paddle 1,900 miles of the Northwest Passage on a stand up paddleboard in the summer of 2022.
SURF
All work and no play makes a dull life. Karl finds renewal in surfing the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
"Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance"
