2025 Lake Union International Dragon Boat Festival. Join the Crew!

Pancake Paddle Special Edition! The Swedish Club is extending an invitation to all Pancake Paddlers to join the Swedish Club's dragon boat crew to compete at this year's Lake Union International Dragon Boat Festival, Novice Class. No experience and no equipment required. Club membership not required. Your $55 fee gets you a seat in the boat, use of a crew tent, two crew practice sessions with dragon boat coaches prior to Raceday and an official competitor's tee-shirt. On shore, the festival has lots of live music, food, cultural performances and camaraderie with fellow paddlers from all around the PNW. It's a great time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs5ASiPc1Uo&t=5s

Contact Michelle at the Swedish club ( michelle@swedishclubnw.org ) to pay your $55 and join the crew.

The crew limit is 25, so act fast. The two practice session are in late May--early June. Their dates/times will be determined once we register our crew with the festival.

See you then!

PS--Don't miss the Swedish Club's pep rally for our crew on Friday evening June 13th. Surf music theme, what else?
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ABOUT THE LAKE UNION PANCAKE PADDLE

Eat Swedish pancakes. Then paddle. Beginners are most welcome. If you don't own a kayak, SUP or canoe, they can be rented by the hour at the dock we launch from. This group is open to all paddle craft (kayaks, SUPs, canoes, inflatables, dragon boats, etc.) and gathers regularly at 9AM on the first Sundays of every month in the lobby of the Swedish Club which is open to the public for their monthly Swedish pancake breakfasts. We enjoy the ten million dollar view and have a Swedish pancake breakfast together to the accompaniment of live Scandinavian folk music. Then we take the short walk down to the dock and leisurely paddle for an hour or so on the placid urban waters of Lake Union, the most unique lake in the world--home to Academy award winning movies, amazing houseboats, historic vessels & sunken battleships, storied Olympic champions, Native American history, stupendous infrastructure, a surprising amount of wildlife and the birthplace of the Boeing Airplane Co.

We also do "Special Edition" paddles on the lakes and rivers of Western & Central Washington and on Puget's Sound, the Pacific Coast and the San Juans. Special Edition paddles often have no onsite rental availability.