A heavy wooden packing box in the ... America made an excellent showing both as to speed and .e· liability. All three of our boats fin:shed the first race, and but one dropped out of the second ...

Credit: Getty Images Since the sport is largely based on speed and swiftness, boat builders started ... made it perfect for racing shells; its low density made the wood easy to shape but its ...

It is believed about 26 Derwent-class yachts were built in their heyday, but several are still unaccounted-for. The largest ...

Participants compete in either traditional wooden boats or standard glass-fiber dragon boats. Shelly Chan, a paddler who joined the race for the 10th year, said the hardest part of the races is ...