One question that often comes up, especially for smaller crews, is how a standard dragon boat stacks up against a small dragon boat when both are powered by 10 paddlers.
Anecdotally, while races with the small boats seem to favour these lighter, crafts over their larger counterparts, even with identical crews, the races seem a lot closer than with the bigger boats. Why?
So this post will explore — hull speed, hydrodynamics, and data from related sports—to try and answer some of this question.
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