Kyōtei

Kyotei (Japanese竞 艇, Kyotei ) is a boat race in Japan. It is one of four "people's sports " (公 営 竞技, Koei Kyogi ), ie state-run betting events in Japan. The other three are horse races, Keirin ( Cycling) and Race Car ( Motorcycle racing).

When Kyotei wear professional cyclists race in artificial, specially created stadiums. The local municipalities that maintain the stadiums and host the race, bets offer, similar to the betting horse racing. Three quarters of these bets are paid out as winnings again, the remaining quarter serves the cities or municipalities as income. In Japan, the race started in 1952, only since 2002, there is also a race track in South Korea. Currently there are 24 stadiums in Japan, one in South Korea.

The race consists of three laps around two 300m away from each other buoys, for a total of 1800m. Before the start there is a shortened demonstration round where the audience can control their bets. The demonstration round is binding, so that the racers must use some tactical aspects as presented in the final race. The race starts with a flying start, that is all the boats start about 12 seconds before the start and have to cross the starting line within seconds after the start. In order to control this, there is in each stadium a huge analog clock. If a driver crossing the start line too early or too late, he is out of the race, all bets on that driver to be repaid.

Driving is identical boats and motors manufacturer Yamato, current type 302 The engines are two-stroke outboard engines with two cylinders, which provide about 33PS. On the day before the race, they are randomly distributed to the racers and may then be fine-tuned personally by them in a given context. In addition, the race drivers may use their own propeller, as the propeller is a very important component of the driving behavior is particularly important in racing boats.