More than 130 teams will take part in events across the weekend, racing in six-oared wooden boats.

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An Indian family of two who went on Mr Turner's 18ft (5.4m) oared boat called their experience "amazing" and "magical".

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The local boatmen, called mallahs, were so bemused by Mr Turner's idea that they allowed him to ferry people for free in a very competitive market crowded by hundreds of oared and motor-powered boats of various sizes.

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