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2. Dragon boat - Wikipedia

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   The International Dragon Boat Federation defines a dragon boat, within competition regulations, to be: "a long displacement boat of an open design, that is based upon a rib-less carvel form of hull construction, with the following distinguishing characteristics; no stem, hard chine bilge; W in cross section, minimum freeboard, punt-like entry and exit; rocketed keel that is set back from the ...

3. 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships - Wikipedia

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   The 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships is an international canoeing competition in dragon boat hosted in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines from October 28 to November 3, 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tournament was hosted under the auspices of the Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation .

4. International Dragon Boat Federation - Wikipedia

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   The International Dragon Boat Federation (Chinese: 國際龍舟聯合會) is the international governing body for the sport of dragon boat racing. IDBF was founded in Hong Kong on June 24, 1991 by Australia , China , Taiwan , Great Britain , Hong Kong , Indonesia , Italy , Malaysia , Norway , the Philippines , Singapore , and the United States ...

5. Berkeley Racing Canoe Center - Wikipedia

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   Cal Dragons (or Cal Dragon Boat) is a competitive student-run dragon boat team founded in 1998 at the University of California, Berkeley. Cal Dragons regularly compete in local, national, and international dragon boat events. They recruit prospective paddlers twice each year, typically only accepting 10% of the many students who try out for the ...

6. Hornet (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   The Hornet was originally designed by Holt for inexpensive homebuilding using marine plywood bent over a simple frame, along the lines of his popular 14 foot GP14 design. . During the 1960s composite and GRP boats were supplied by various builders, such as Doe, Baker, Dingwall, etc. but, due to large flat panels of GRP being more flexible (or heavier) than marine ply, those were generally not ...

7. Paddling - Wikipedia

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   A dragon boat is a long and narrow human powered boat used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China. For racing events, dragon boats are not rigged with full decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails and are not required to carry a large drum aboard. The decorative boats are used in ceremonial events. They do ...

8. Human-powered watercraft - Wikipedia

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   through hand-operated oars, paddles, or poles, or; through the feet with pedals, crankset or treadle. [1] While most human-powered watercraft use buoyancy to maintain their position relative to the surface of the water, a few, such as human-powered hydrofoils and human-powered submarines, use hydrofoils, either alone or in addition to buoyancy.

9. Outrigger (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   Early racing sculls with outriggers in 1851. In a rowing boat or galley, an outrigger (or rigger) is a triangular frame that holds the rowlock (into which the oar is slotted) away from the saxboard (or gunwale in gig rowing) to optimize leverage.