Racing Sailboats

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the favourites among a variety of Chinese festivals celebrated in the Hong Kong SAR. Long boats with dragon heads, the drumming and revellers’ cheering evolved into colourful events and the modern dragon boat races This dramatic video shows what can happen when the wind picks up against a speeding sailboat and things go horribly wrong. Crew are left clinging to the ropes on board the Timbalero III when it tips over during the final day of racing in the Les Voiles de Dragon Boat racing is a tradition that started more than a thousand years ago to commemorate Qu Yuan, an ancient poet who sacrificed for his country . In the eastern city of Hangzhou, some keen foreigners joined in the fun. Read:What is the Chinese Dragon Competitors taking part in the annual dragon boat race in Hong Kong. Dragon boat racing dates back over 2,000 years and has today developed into a serious sport in many countries Photo courtesy: AFP Competitors taking part in the annual dragon boat race in As the dragon boat racing season once again has China cheering the action, many rowers in Zhucun Village of the southern Guangzhou City have been struggling as much to keep the water from splashing on their bodies as to power their boats ahead. Having learned the ropes and got a feel for the Kite Tender, the next test was to pitch ourselves against a racing boat. As we were taking to the Solent during the world renowned and prestigious Cowes Week, we had the opportunity to playfully compete .

Some crossed the finish line while a handful never saw the checkered flags. Fifty cardboard boats raced around Seneca Lake Harbor on Saturday afternoon while onlookers lined the harbor and rocks. The as part of the Nearly Famous Boat Regatta is part of Over the past 50 years, this private sailboat racing club has evolved from 350-feet of lakeshore that contained a port-a-potty, two parking spaces and buoys and slips for 60 boats to 600-members with two parking lots and a marina that holds 186 boats. [Written by Talbot Wilson] Happy Fathers Day to the Fathers in the race and Sweet Solstice Sailing to all. Marion Bermuda 2015… what could be better, as John Masefield wrote, than “a tall ship and a star to sail her by And the wheel’s kick and the Marion — There’s nothing namby pamby about ocean sailing. “You get six hundred miles offshore and a helicopter is not going to get to you,” says Ray Cullum, marketing chair for the Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race. The 645-mile race’s .

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