Articles in the ‘Boat Racing’ Category

Dragon boat racing is thought to have originated about 2,500 years ago on the Yangtze River in China—at roughly the same time that the ancient Greeks had their Olympics. Even in these old times, dragon boat racing was a venerated sport that required full-time preparation on the part of the teams, [...]

We all know about yacht racing, and most of us have come across the sport of rowing at least once in our life, but there’s actually an exciting variety of boat races from around the world. Most of them don’t get a lot of attention outside of their home countries, but [...]