Prague Dragon Boat Club

It can not be any other way! Also this year our club sailed to the Vltava river to start the new year with traditional new year's paddling.

It were not only team members from Prague Dragon Boat Club but also a few members from our partner teams (MZV, DCZ, Prostatici, Presli team) and few people from the public. Our trip was planned this way: To sail down the river in the city center through the Smíchov lock. But not a straight trip down and back. Our goal was to see once again the Charles bridge, the "prague venezia" and to enter the famous river "Čertovka" And the highlight of the trip was the official city fireworks for the new year.

This year we had so many people that three boats were setted - Indonesian lady Gurindam with the gentlemen Pantun - together with the Chinese boat Carmina II. The way to the city was a pleasure ride. Only after passing the lock we had to face the enormous amount of steamboats under the Charles bridge. The waves they created were overcome and we thus could follow under the Charles bridge into the quite water.

We were searching for a good place to see the fireworks. That place we found near the "Čechův" bridge where was a clear view of the hill Letná. The fireworks was awesome. It last for 15 minutes and we witnessed a spectacular set of different colorful flowers, torches, sparks, palms and many more. The reflection of the fireworks in the water of Vltava was also perfect.

After the show headed up back to our boathouse. At the end we lifted up the boats from the water and put them back into winter storage because it is a long time still in front of us till the spring will come and we will start the summer season.

We would like to say a big thank you to all who joined our paddling in first day of the year 2014. We wish you a lot of power, wisdom, health and happines and good water. Hopefully we will see us again on the new year ride in the year 2015, or in other occasions.