News

2026 Puerto Rico Dragon Boat Festival

Published Mon 31 Mar 2025

We registered the following crews for the Puerto Rico Dragon Boat festival Jan 30th - Feb 1st 2026:
  • 2 x Mixed
  • Women
  • Open (no gender requirements)
Race Details:
  • The boats are all small boats (10 paddlers), and published race distances include 200m and 500m.
  • Race days: Friday 30th January - Sunday 1st February
  • Practice day: Thursday 29th January
  • Location: Jaime Benitez National Park, Condad Lagoon, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Registration Requirements and Timelines:
  • RSVP by 9/30 if you're interested
    • After Sept 30th, we will open up to others outside of WAM. You can still sign up after this date if there are open seats.
    • We need 12 women paddlers, 10 men paddlers, and 2 experienced, skilled steerspersons
  • Each racer will be expected to attend a minimum of 3 on water training sessions a month in November, December and January.  (We know there will be a higher rate of training session cancellations that time of year due to conditions.)
  • Once we have paid the registration (this is assuming we have the numbers to fill the seats), each person signed up will be required to make a $50 downpayment.  
  • Please do not book any flights or accommodation that is not refundable until we have confirmed we have full crews. That decision will be made no later than October 31st.