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The Raft Race

2025

A series of moments from the Shoreham Raft Race - community energy, handmade rafts, and the joyful, slightly chaotic rhythm of a local tradition.

Decorated raft with a red flag and bunting passing under a road bridge. Raft crowded with paddlers and colourful flags beneath a road bridge. Paddlers crouched low on a raft, sculling beneath the bridge. Two paddlers grapple on a tipping raft as it drifts under the bridge. Paddlers wade beside a swamped raft under the bridge, banners on the bank. Raft hung with ornaments, paddlers rowing past waterfront flats. Brighton lifeboat inflatable escorts a raft of paddlers in red shirts. Costumed paddlers on a flag draped raft alongside a black inflatable boat. Raft flying rainbow flags, two paddlers rowing past a viewing platform. Small raft with a white flag approaches spectators on a footbridge. Pirate themed raft with a tall mast passing a crowded viewing platform. Raft flying a blue flag passing beneath spectators lining a railing. Paddlers dressed as mermaids row a raft strung with bunting. Two flagged rafts pass each other, crews in mermaid costumes. Costumed paddlers row hard, one raft flying a patterned sail. Paddlers in leafy headdresses row a raft flying a decorated flag. Paddlers in red life jackets propel a patchwork covered raft near the bridge. Paddlers in sun hats sail a raft topped with a tall decorated mast. Paddlers wave from a raft flying tall flags and bunting. Distant flotilla of rafts racing toward a crowded viewing platform. Raft with a black and white banner mast passes beneath the bridge. Paddlers row a raft flying a colourful flag, houses lining the shore. A man stands on a pedal powered raft with an inflatable hull. Three paddlers in pink wigs row a wooden raft together. Paddlers in pink wigs pass alongside a rigid inflatable boat. Raft flying a skull and crossbones flag under a pirate mast. A paddler in a pink wig climbs onto a wooden raft. A paddler in a pink wig topples into the water beside a raft. A paddler splashes into the water beside a capsizing raft. Paddler in a green wig raises a pirate flag from a raft. Paddler in a green wig stands beneath the road bridge, flag held high. Crew hoist a banner reading raft from a heavily laden raft. Costumed paddler balances on a raft frame, escorted by an inflatable boat. Spectators lean over railings watching the raft race pass below. A paddler in black leaps from a barrel raft, spray flying up. Paddlers relax on a barrel raft, one lying back with feet up. Paddlers in cricket whites hold paddles aloft on a branded raft. Paddlers in sun hats work together paddling a green barrel raft. Costumed crew crowd a raft flying a pirate flag, flats behind. Crew paddle a raft flying a pirate flag past the shoreline. Crew ride a camper van themed raft topped with an inflatable pineapple. Paddlers on a camper van raft topped with a kite shaped ornament. A paddler tumbles from a camper van raft near the bridge as another swims. A paddler balances on a narrow raft beside an orange inflatable boat.

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