Is this the origin of the phrase 'like a duck out of water'? If ever there was an event misnamed it must be the 'Duck Race'! Ought to be 'Duck Float', 'Duck Dawdle', 'Duck Drift' or 'Duck Dribble'.
1,000 plastic ducks negotiating a route down a weed choked stream helped along by a swift smack with a canoe paddle. Could this be an olympic event? Sychronised ducking.