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Originally Posted by Illuminate
bumping an old thread....
What kind of investment is involved in dragonboating in terms of time and money? I might want to try it for the summer.
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Time
- Usually two practices a week, sunday and a weekday. Practice for two hours~
- Dry land practices/ Team bonding during other days?
Money
- Not much really. Team registration fee, usage of the facilities [Dragonzone or FCRCC, or wherever else]. Will depend on which team you join and what festivals/competitions they want to do, how much people, and etc.
- You could spend money and buy a lifejacket, paddle, etc. But you don't have to as the facilities have these. If you are committed and want to use your own and not some stinky old lifejacket, don't feel comfortable with a paddle because it's beat up, scratched up etc, then you could buy your own.
For example, when I was with Synergy.
- $200 or so for summer season [Taiwanese/Kelowna Dragonboat Festival]
- I didn't buy a paddle, but you can get a nice high performance paddle for $55.
- I didn't buy a lifejacket but one can be bought @ Canadian Tire, etc.
- Two practices a week, Sunday & Thurs