I wanted to be able to give some insight to people about dragon boat racing so here is some important information that I found.
A dragon boat or "dragonboat" ( Chinese: 龍舟or 龍船) is a very long and narrow human-powered boat now used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China. [ The word that catches my attention the most is human powered :)... ]
The crew consists of a drummer, 18-20 paddlers, and a steerer. The drummer sits at the front of the boat beating a drum giving a "pace" to the paddlers. The 18-20 paddlers sit on each side of the boat paddling in a sychronized motion (well there supposed to). The steerer sits at the back of the boat and uses a oar at the back of the boat to control the boats direction.
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