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07-18-2008, 03:42 AM
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Sounds like a lot of fun. Please do post pics. Never heard of a dragon boat!!
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07-18-2008, 04:02 AM
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Lindsey it sounds like so much fun. I think I've seen news stories of them on TV, but of course never actually seen one. Will love seeing pictures of this race...how fun!
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07-18-2008, 05:09 AM
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 Well my arms aren't that sore today. I thought I was doing pretty good.. just my neck and shoulders are a bit stiff. Then I sat down at my computer. OUCH! I think my whole butt must be black and blue!!!  Those wooden planks to sit on are not very comfy
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07-18-2008, 07:46 PM
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I've never participated, but Jim and I go see the races when they are going on.
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07-20-2008, 08:30 PM
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I've never heard of it either. Did you get pictures to share with us?
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07-20-2008, 08:46 PM
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Our next practices are Tuesday and Wednesday, but I probably won't get pictures until the actual event day. Basically it's a long skinny wooden boat (think a really long canoe!) with 20ish paddlers, split evenly on each side of the boat, and a drummer (to keep the pace of the paddle strokes) and a steerperson in the back with another paddle that steers.
Here's the results of a google image search: http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&...q=dragon+boats Unfortunately, ours don't have the cool dragon heads on them lol
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07-21-2008, 10:38 AM
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Ok, I've seen pictures of races like those, but I didn't know they were called dragon boats. I don't think that the ones I saw had the dragon's head on them either. It sounds like fun!
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