Nine boats containing 20 paddlers, one steersman and one drummer working in harmony will pepper the lakeshore this weekend as the first locally sponsored dragon boat race launches in Gainesville. “You can have the strongest, biggest, baddest people in a boat, but unless they are in perfect time with one another, it will not be efficient,” said Jim O’Dell, regional coach for Dragon Boat USA and challenge organizer. “You learn a lot about your limitations and the limits of others and you work together to overcome all of them as a team.”