Join us! New paddlers are invited to join the Washington Dragon Boat Association Sundays on the water. No paddling experience is required. We provide paddles, life jackets, boats, training--and fun! Bring dry clothes and bottled water. The first 3 practices are free.

Join us in Tacoma on Sundays at 3:30 p.m. near Johnny's Dock Restaurant & Marina.

Follow this link to Google Maps for driving directions! (Link opens in a new window.)

Or join our team in Olympia on Thursday at 10:00 AM or Sundays at 1:00 PM.

Swantown Marina

at the Olympia Padding Club

650 Marine Dr NE

Follow this link to Google Maps for driving directions! (Link opens in new window)

Call for directions and more information: 253-272-7087 or 253-565-3756 . Join us!

From: Vernon Lee

Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 4:40 PM

Jules

I really appreciate receiving your quick response and shared “personal reflections” regarding the recent 2008 Rainier Dragon Boat Festival.

Just to have this memo distributed out so soon after the race shows me that your organization is committed to have the Rainier Dragon Boat Festival a must for all paddling crews to attend. As a spectator that weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The architecture, water front amenities, with the fantastic Tacoma May weather conditions, became the perfect backdrop for the race day activities.

Hopefully I too can return (not as a spectator) to Tacoma with a crew in 2009 for a day of racing.

Dragon Boating is truly a peoples’ team sport – people are not perfect and race events of this size can’t always be perfect. You do your best…..you move on.

Your response regarding the follow-up to “race issues” is honest and straight forward.

Win or loose within the ballistic sprint of 500 meters, the bigger picture of things is that we continue to discover new experiences and challenge our selves to paddle on!

Thanks

Vernon Lee

Sorry it took so long to post the results. Thanks to everyone for some incredible races. See you next year.