Dragon Boat Beaufort

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Be part of the action when dragons invade Beaufort!

The 59th Annual Beaufort Water Festival is hosting DragonBoat Race Day at beautiful Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park right downtown on the Beaufort River. This exciting event will take place Saturday, July 26th from 8am until 4pm as 36 teams race right in front of the Park’s seawall. Among the fun and festivities will be an opening ceremony, three heats of races and the moving Carnation Ceremony for cancer survivors and their families. DragonBoat Race Day will include many local businesses, community groups, teams of friends and family racing against each other. The mixed Cancer Survivor Division will be the showcase for our heroes and heroines, honoring the spirit of DragonBoat Race Day.

All teams will be fundraising as part of the competition. Individuals and teams that raise the most will be handsomely rewarded! The proceeds from the fundraising effort fuel DragonBoat Beaufort’s two-pronged mission. The first is to fund the ongoing activities of DragonBoat Beaufort’s cancer survivor teams; the second is to continue to strengthen our outreach programs of cancer-survivor-focused grants, support and counseling.
Forming a team is easy! Included in your team registration is a practice session where we will show you how to paddle and race. Practice sessions and the exciting DragonBoat Race Day event itself include all the necessary equipment: a dragon boat, paddles, life preservers (PFDs), a drum and a professional steersperson/coach.