Jenn Martin captained the Radio River Racers and she was on hand to see the unexpected mishap. She explains the wind conditions whipped up whitecaps on the river to the point that one boat ended up tipping over and all 21 team members went into the drink. It took 7 boats to fish everyone out.
Everyone was wearing life jackets and properly briefed on safety procedures so no one was hurt. Only one other dragon boat has tipped in the history of the festival and that was in Fredericton several years ago.
