DRAGON BOAT RACE
(Appledore Style)
Wednesday, 26th August, 2026, at 10 a.m. (TBC)
This was a NEW EVENT in 2025 and is for crews of ten and a coxswain. Britannia Royal Naval College is kindly loaning two plastic pilot gigs and Appledore & Instow Regatta are loaning the specially made paddles. The coxswain will be provided with a drum to beat out the rhythm for the crew. The course will be offshore from the Ship in Dock Inn to off the Dartmouth Yacht Club.
The format is based on the popular and successful adaptation of Dragon Boat Racing held at Appledore & Instow Regatta.
The event is open to all. The entry fee is £5 per seat and applies to all entries (£50 per crew). There is no charge for coxswains although he/she may be immersed in water by their crew after the race if he/she gets the beat wrong!
In this second year let’s all have fun. Crews of male, female, mixed and youngsters (14 to 18 with parental approval) all accepted.
Sponsored by: ECO LAUNDRY, Dartmouth
Photographs from Appledore Instow Regatta Dragon Boat racing 2024.. reproduced by kind permission of Regatta Secretary Peter Reveley and Photographer Steven Curtis
important notice
If any of the rafters that are considered by the Race Director, at their sole discretion, to be unfit to enter the water due to alcohol consumption, the raft will not be allowed to participate in the event.