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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. 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.

5. 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 ...

6. 2007 Tonlé Sap dragon boat accident - Wikipedia

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   On 23 November 2007, a 22-member Singapore national dragon boat team capsized after colliding with a pontoon in Tonlé Sap, Cambodia, leading to the deaths of five Singaporean dragon boat paddlers after they were sucked under the pontoon by strong water currents. They were participating in Bon Om Touk, an annual Cambodian festival.

7. Paddling - Wikipedia

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   Man paddling a canoe. Paddling, in regard to waterborne transport, is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using at least one hand-held paddle.The paddle, which consists of one or two blades joined to a shaft, is also used to steer the vessel via generating a difference in propulsion between the two sides of the watercraft.