Season Kickoff adjusted to 5/16/26

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✨ Good vibes only. Stronger together. Let’s make waves. ✨Kickoff Details

10:30 AM — Meet up at the White Dome (see attached picture)

Important for Drivers, Especially Newbies:

Please enter World’s Fair Marina into your GPS. The address that usually comes up is Marina Road or 1 Marina Road, Queens / Flushing. Just follow the GPS directions.

When you get close to the marina, you will see a white dome next to the highway and near the water. There are three parking lots near the white dome, and you may park in any of those.

The marina is located behind Citi Field, before the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). If you end up on the BQE, you have passed the marina.

Please be mindful of time, as we have a schedule to follow and weekend traffic can be heavy.

For those taking the subway

Please take the - 7 train to Willets Point station. Walk across Citifield parking lot towards Shea Road, keep walking toward the water, walk under the Northern Boulevard highway overpass towards World’s Fair Marina Pier 1

Important:

To join the kickoff, it is a must to pay your membership dues.

No payment, no paddling.

Once payment is made, we will send the waiver provided by the New York Wall Street Dragons (NYWSD), who will be providing the boats and coaches.

🎒 PFC VIBES CHECK — DON’T COME UNPREPARED 😎🔥

💧 Bring your WATER (hydrate like a champion)

👕 Extra clothes (yes… you WILL get wet 😂)

🧴 Sunscreen (we glow, not burn ☀️✨)

👟 Water shoes if you have them

🍌 Light breakfast before you come (we paddle, not pass out 😅)

🚣‍♀️ And most important…

COME READY TO GET WET, HAVE FUN , MAKE WAVES AND TASTE THE WORLD OF DRAGONBOATING 🌊🚣‍♀️🔥

Practice Site Location

The practice site is located all the way at the end of the marina by the jet ski / boat launch area, near the barge, Home Depot, and Department of Sanitation buildings.

Kickoff Day Schedule

We will gather at the White Dome, complete check-in and submission of waivers, then proceed together to the practice site.

Training: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Weekly Practice (Starting the Week After Kickoff)

Practices will run 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM and will join the New York Wall Street Dragons (NYWSD)

A SignUpGenius registration is required by NYWSD to assign the seating chart ahead of time.

Meetup: 8:00 AM at the White Dome

Note : If you have questions email me at [email protected] or text me at before you call .

Instructions here:

Thank you .

Paddles up,

Leah & PFC Family

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