Types

• Canoe racing
  Canoe racing
  This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....
  
  , competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking
• Drag boat racing
  Drag boat racing
  As the name suggests, drag boat racing is a form of drag racing which takes place on water rather than land. As with land based drag racing, a pair of competitors race their vehicles for the lowest elapsed time over a straight race course of a defined length...
  
  , a form of drag racing which takes place on water rather than land
• Dragon boat racing
  Dragon boat
  A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft traditionally made, in the Pearl River delta region of southern China - Guangdong Province, of teak wood to various designs and sizes. In other parts of China different woods are used to build these traditional watercraft...
  
  , a type of human-powered watercraft racing
• Hydroplane racing
  Hydroplane racing
  Hydroplane racing is a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes and rivers. It is a popular spectator sport in several countries.-International Professional Outboard Hydroplane Racing:...
  
  , a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes and rivers
• Circuit boat racing, a race between up to 15 boats going for for a win.
• Jet sprint boat racing
  Jet sprint boat racing
  Jetsprint or sprint boat racing is a form of racing sport in which jetboats with a crew of two race individually against the clock through twisting series of channels in less than a metre of water....
  
  
• Kayak racing
• Kyōtei
  Kyotei
  The , literally "boat racing" and referred to as BOAT RACE, is a hydroplane racing event primary held in Japan. It is one of Japan's four , which are sports events where parimutuel betting is legal.Kyōtei was introduced in Japan in 1952...
  
  , parimutuel boat racing in Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  , referred to as "BOAT RACE"
• Match race
  Match race
  A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.The term may be best known as a race between two sailing boats racing around a course...
  
  , a race between two competitors, going head-to-head
• Offshore powerboat racing
  Offshore powerboat racing
  Offshore powerboat racing is racing by large, specially designed ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing.Probably one of the largest, most dangerous, and most powerful racing machines of all, the extreme expense of the boats and the fuel required to participate make it an expensive...
  
  , racing by large, specially designed ocean-going powerboats
• Outrigger canoe racing
  Outrigger canoe racing
  Outrigger canoeing is a sport in which an outrigger canoe is propelled by means of paddles. Its umbrella organisation is the International Vaʻa Federation...
  
  
• Rowing (sport)
  Rowing (sport)
  Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
  
  , a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean
• Team racing
  Team racing
  Team racing, also known as teams racing, is a popular form of yacht racing. As opposed to fleet racing where boats are scored on an individual basis, in team racing teams consisting of 2, 3 or 4 boats compete together. As in fleet racing the low point scoring system is used. A boat is awarded...
  
  , also known as teams racing, is a popular form of yacht racing
• Snake Boat Race
  Vallam Kali
  Vallam Kali literally means boat race in Malayalam. It is the traditional boat race in Kerala It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam in autumn....
  
  , the traditional boat race in Kerala, India
• Yacht racing
  Yacht racing
  Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting.While sailing groups organize the most active and popular competitive yachting, other boating events are also held world-wide: speed motorboat racing; competitive canoeing, kayaking, and rowing; model yachting; and navigational contests Yacht racing...
  
  , the sport of competitive yachting

Notable boat races

• The Boat Race
  The Boat Race
  The event generally known as "The Boat Race" is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the River Thames in London. It takes place generally on the last Saturday of March or the first...
  
   between Oxford and Cambridge Universities
• The Welsh Boat Race
  The Welsh Boat Race
  The Welsh Boat Race, also known as the Welsh University Boat Race and The Welsh Varsity Boat Race, is an annual rowing race in Wales between the Swansea University Rowing Club and the Cardiff University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the River Tawe or River Taff in South...
  
   between Cardiff and Swansea Universities
• The Northumbrian Water University Boat Race
  Northumbrian Water University Boat Race
  The Northumbrian University Boat Race is an annual rowing event between the boat clubs of Durham and Newcastle universities in England. The event is staged on the River Tyne in Newcastle....
  
   between the University of Durham and the University of Newcastle
• The Harvard–Yale Regatta, also known as "The Race"
• Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race in Alleppy, Kerala, India
• [snake boat races in kerala , india http://www.alappuzhaonline.com/snake-boat-races-alappuzha.htm]
• 24 Heures Motonautiques de Rouen. a 24 hour circuit boat race in Rouen, France

Other uses

• Boat race (game)
  Boat race (game)
  A boat race , is a drinking game between two teams of equal numbers. Rules vary widely but normally involve a team drinking in series and aiming to finish first. Common rules include those regulating the number and gender of drinkers, the vessels from which the liquid must be consumed and...
  
  , a drinking game
• Rhyming slang for face
  Face
  The face is a central sense organ complex, for those animals that have one, normally on the ventral surface of the head, and can, depending on the definition in the human case, include the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyelashes, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, temple, teeth, skin, and...