News
2027 Puerto Rico Dragon Boat Festival
Published Mon 16 Mar 2026
We registered the following crews for the Puerto Rico Dragon Boat festival Jan 30th-31st 2027:
- 2 x Mixed (4 men at minimum, 6 at maximum)
- Women
- Open (no gender requirements)
Race Details:
- The boats are all small boats (10 paddlers), and published race distances include 200m and 500m.
- In the event that there are more than 10 paddlers of either gender, paddlers will be rotated on crews.
- Race days: Saturday-Sunday 30th-31st January
- Location: Jaime Benitez National Park at the Condado Lagoon, 1110 Calle Vieques, Santurce San Juan, PR, 00907
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. Note that we already have interest from several paddlers in Portland and they are willing to come up to train with us.
- 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.)
- On Oct 1st we will issue invoices for a $50 downpayment for anyone who is signed up as Yes.
- Your RSVP of 'Yes' is taken as a firm commitment.
- Total race fees are expected to be around $100 per racer.
- 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.
- Althought it is up to you to find your accommodation, we can help co-ordinate roommates if you're interested.
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A resource for less expensive accommodation is https://www.hostelworld.com/.Some of the hostels are a little further from the race site, but Uber is not expensive and readily available. A few hostels actually have private rooms with ensuite.