What are the standards for dragon boat equipment and what are the requirements for the contestants?

Dragon Boat Equipment Standards and Competitors

Dragon boat standard

The length of the dragon boat is15.5m. If the dragon head and tail are included, the length is18.4m, and the boat width is1.1.0m. The weight difference between the heaviest and lightest dragon boats in the competition shall not exceed 25kg, and each dragon boat must have a unified dragon head, dragon tail, gong rack and so on.

Paddling standard

The color of the wooden paddles of each dragon boat must be uniform, with the paddle length of 0.38m, the paddle front width of 0.18m, the upper end width of 0.16m and the paddle length of1.25m.. ..

Rudder mark

It also stipulates the rudder propeller for steering, which is 2.5 meters long, 0.55 meters long, 0.24 meters wide in front of the blade and 0.22 meters wide at the upper end.

channel

According to the river conditions, men's and women's 400m, 500m, 600m, 800m,1000m straight race (the distance can be adjusted according to local conditions).

The race should be played in calm water and the waterway should be straight. The departure route must be parallel to the finish line and perpendicular to the fairway line.

According to the number of teams and site conditions, there are 2 or 4, 6 and 8 waterways, and the width of each waterway can be 9 meters, 1 1 meter and 13.5 meters.

The water depth at the shallowest part of the waterway shall not be less than 2.50 meters. There shall be no aquatic plants, rocks and wooden stakes in the waterway, and no obstacles within 5 meters outside the waterway.

equipment

According to the local traditional dragon boat style specifications, the production materials are not limited.

The specifications of rudder and paddle are made according to local traditional requirements.

Longzhou parts

Traditional dragon boats can be made into dragon heads and dragon tails according to custom, and are equipped with gongs, gongs stands, drums, drum stands and so on. In addition, they can bring two watermarks and prepare several paddles.

opponent

There are 25 people in each dragon boat race, including 20 rowers, helmsman 1 person, gong player 1 person, drummer 1 person and 2 substitutes. The captain of each dragon boat is also a participant. Every contestant must be able to swim, with men swimming over 200m and women swimming over150m.

If the competition conditions are not perfect and it is necessary to hold a small-scale dragon boat race, specific arrangements can be made according to different situations, such as relaxing the requirements for dragon boat manufacturing, reducing the number of rowers, shortening the competition distance and simplifying the competition rules.