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 Veteran sailors raced head-to-head in the highly competitive CSA Racing Class A. Puerto Rico’s Jonathan Lipuscek’s team aboard his J/105, Dark Star, championed the class with three bullets in four races. “We knew we had to work the boat hard in 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 At the 1500hrs update, ‘Mischievous’, the scratch (fastest) boat in the fleet was still leading the race for line honors. She was smack dab on the 164º rhumb line from Marion to Bermuda steering 152º and making 7.9kts VMG to Bermuda. Since morning 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 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 St Barth But then as the speed picks up, the boat starts to lean to the right and it's almost as if it's in slow .
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 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. (June 20, 2015; Day 2) – The 45-boat Marion Bermuda Race Fleet is out of sight, but not out of mind. By following the fleet on Yellow Brick Tracking, spectators on shore will be able to track the action offshore. At 0900 on Saturday, the leader .
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