Which is faster, a wooden dragon boat or a fiberglass dragon boat

Fiberglass dragon boat is faster, standard racing dragon boat with fiberglass compounds.

But dragon boat racing is still not competitive, just for a spirit and the continuation of traditional culture, so it is still better to wood.

The wood of the hull should be selected from the finest cedar, because cedar is light, the boat is not bulky, and the boat speed is a little faster. Bow and stern with camphor, which has two reasons, one is the wood is harder, and the second is in accordance with folk customs, camphor is regarded as God wood.