The unofficial team motto? Paddle fast so we can eat. The Lightwave dragon boat sets out from Bair Island into San Francisco Bay for practice. Peter Cockerell photo. A refreshing sea breeze blows inland, a welcome respite from the glaring summer sun. As we warm up stiff joints and aching muscles with an increasingly difficult routine of stretches, a chorus of groans and mumbled complaints rises from my fellow dragon boaters for the ...