On a wild Jervis Bay Sunday morning, Mako left the boats ashore and convened in a socially separated Vincentia wind tunnel for coffee, a yarn and the first season kick-off AGM. The Management As the club continues to grow and capture the attention of the Jervis Bay community, the Committee has also grown to spread […]
Mako Paddle Club Relaunches Dragon Boats on Jervis Bay – Sunday July 12
With an easing of COVID restrictions, Mako Paddle Club will relaunch their dragon boat on Jervis Bay this Sunday at 9:00 at Woollamia Boat Ramp. The excitement has been building over the past weeks with Dragon Boat NSW working hard behind the scenes to manage the return to paddle planning. “DNBSW have been amazing with […]
Bear Declares Temporary Paws in Mako Training
The Mako Committee have been monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation; especially the impact it could have on you our members, and our plans for events. We have been in contact with Dragon Boat NSW, and they in turn with AUSDBF to ensure that any guidance received is in line with current best practice management for […]
Mako’s 500m Rampage in the Capital by Special Reporter Angie Jenkins
So I’m pretty much using the only part of my body that doesn’t hurt to type this. My right index finger. The rest of me feels somewhere between train smashed and overdosed from a hard core workout with Commando post a round of Gladiator. Welcome to DBACT After 3 beers (maybe 4???) to numb the […]
Mako Rocks Sydney Lunar Festival @ Darling Harbour
When you combine a brand new rookie crew with a handful of death defying surf based training sessions in killer tides and throw them in cars for a road trip to Sydney you get Mako’s debut at the Lunar Festival in Darling Harbour. And what a day it was… With the crew arriving on site […]
DBNSW Welcomes Mako as Australia’s Newest Dragon Boat Club
It’s official. DBNSW has welcomed Mako Paddle Club with the green light coming in super fast time to a very appreciative Jervis Bay club. Thank you DBNSW 🙂 Club stalwart Simon Katz was the first Mako out of the blocks with a celebratory streak down the main street of Huskisson. “I was just walking to […]
Meet the Mako Committee
Did you know a group of sharks is called a gam, herd, frenzy, school or shiver? Well, whatever its called somebody needs to wrangle a salt water tribe into a club, and here’s the Committee…
Capacity Mako Crew Welcomes the Return of Lazarus
Happy days on the sands of Plantation Point as a full Mako boat took to the beautiful waters of Jervis Bay to welcome the newly repaired ‘Lazarus’ back. The session was filled with lashings of hard work and laughter as old faithful boat 12 was welcomed back into the fold. Hospitalised after a complete debacle […]
Mako Receives a Jervis Bay Dolphin Welcome
I know we are excited to be launching Mako Paddle Club on Jervis Bay but we never expected the welcome we received on the way over to Huskisson. Our JB dolphins have checked out every watercraft launched on the bay, but a dragon boat really caught their eye. Check out the video taken from the […]
