{"id":18846,"date":"2017-02-19T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=18846"},"modified":"2020-03-26T03:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:43:30","slug":"dragon-boat-racing-on-ice-caps-winterlude-in-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2017\/02\/19\/dragon-boat-racing-on-ice-caps-winterlude-in-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon boat racing on ice caps Winterlude in Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This team placed first in one of the morning mixed races. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

Boats with blades plied the frozen expanse of Dows Lake in Ottawa on Saturday for the first ever Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival. It was the first ever ice Dragon Boat race in North America too, with teams coming from the local area and across the continent to compete. Dows Lake is part of the Rideau Canal in the south end of the city. Temperatures soared to 46 Fahrenheit\/8 Celsius under sunny skies, bring out thousands to watch. There were mixed and women\u2019s categories.<\/p>\n

The winning mixed team was the hometown Ottawa Dragon Masters and the top women\u2019s team was Vermont Fire, an entry from the Green Mountain State. Dragon Boat racing is challenging enough on water, but is even more challenging on ice. There are no oars, rowers use a stick with an object on the end of it containing small spikes that provide some traction as they push their way along the ice. The boats aren\u2019t floating, but skate-like devices are attached to the bottom of them so they can slide their way to the finish line. A team member controls the rutter that turns the rear set of blades for steering. Conditions got rough because of the warm weather–the ice surface got slushy. \u00a0But Dragon Boat racing on ice was a perfect way to enjoy the final weekend of Winterlude in Ottawa.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

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Celebrating at the finish line. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Starting position. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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An ice Dragon Boat oar. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skate-like blades help Dragon Boats glide along the ice. Photo: James morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Spectators could try ice Dragon Boat racing on small, single person units. The author decided to give it a try and found out it’s quite a workout. Photo: Dodi Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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A team mascot. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n

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It was warm weather for skating on the Rideau Canal during\u00a0the last weekend of Winterlude. Photo: James Morgan<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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