Head Of The Charles Regatta Features

Racing the coxswains' race
HOCR: Coxswains Weigh InThursday, October 27, 2011They call the Head of the Charles "a coxswains race," and while any starboard who's endured the Eliot turn--and pretty much every sculler who can steer the thing backwards, sans mirror--might beg to differ, the twists, turns, and narrow arches on the Charles course put coxswains in the spotlight
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Harvard, for Harry, in hot pursuit of the Huskies
HOCR Sunday: Chasing on the CharlesTuesday, October 25, 2011The Head of the Charles rumbled to close Sunday, after two days, nearly 2000 shells taking the course, and lots of tromping around in the mud that was just about the only adverse condition of the whole weekend.
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Mahe reclaims . . .

Photo: Igor Meijer

Photo: Carlos Castro
The Youth Of The CharlesWednesday, October 19, 2011With the exponential increase in youth rowing, and twice the number of HOCR entries than ten years ago, the competition has become fierce
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Photo: Carlos Ridruejo