Sailboat Racing

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 Riverhead officials have rescheduled the town's annual cardboard boat race after two fish die-offs in the past month inundated the Peconic River with dead bunker fish. The race, previously scheduled to take place in the river June 28, was pushed back to 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 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. 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 .

with a lot to learn about dragon boat racing. "We got out on the loop and we were not ready for the start but it was a blast," says Leila Midelfort, who raced for the Wildwood Clinic team. "We all had a lot of fun and we wanted to come out and support the (Photo : Reuters / Bobby Yip) Dragon boat race during the 2011 Dragon Boat Festival at Aberdeen Fishing Port in Hong Kong It is dragon boat racing season once again in China, but many Zhucun Village rowers in southern Guangzhou City don't appear too happy Starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Southeast Alaska Sailing (SEAS) is holding the Spirit of Admiralty race. The event features two non-stop legs; one from Auke Bay to Baranof Warm Springs, the second from Warm Springs back to Auke Bay, a clockwise THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 20 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing had the Volvo Ocean Race trophy within their grasp as the seven boats entered the final lap on Saturday heading for Gothenburg after a one-day 'pit-stop' in The Hague. The Emirati crew .

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