Getting Situated
Coaches and Scullers are reminded that the launching sites for Head Of The Charles will be the same as it was in 2004! The main launching area for crews is at the Finish Area Launch Site (FALS), which is near the finish line on Soldiers Field Road, at Herter Park in Brighton. The main launching area for scullers is at Singles and Doubles Launch (SADL) site at Magazine Beach on Memorial Drive (Route 2), in Cambridge by the BU Bridge. Parking is first come, first served at either site.
The docks are already installed along the Charles River and available for use! Head Of The Charles Regatta (HOCR) volunteers and Park Rangers will be on-site to assist with parking, boat storage and launching activities.
Fours and Eights go to FALS at Herter Park in Brighton
Boat launching and storage space for crews are available at FALS (Finish Area Launch Site) on Soldiers Field Road on the "Boston side" of the river by the Regatta finish line-between the Eliot Bridge and Northeastern University's Henderson Boathouse.
FALS consists of one large parking lot adjacent to the finish line, and three lots nearer to Eliot Bridge. There will be three docks before the finish line and at least three docks after the finish line. Trailers will be parked very closely together and not necessarily in close proximity to the launching docks. The Regatta is providing boat racks near the docks for storage of boats during the weekend, and use of these racks is strongly encouraged. Once crews have parked their trailers, crews are asked to not move their trailer again until departing, after your racing is over.
FALS will open for arriving trailers on Thursday, October 20th, from 3:00 PM to 10:00PM. Trailers arriving after 10:00PM on Thursday must return Friday morning, as early as 7:00 AM.
All trailers must enter FALS from the Eliot Bridge-at the end of both of Memorial Drive and Soldiers Field Road. A Regatta volunteer will meet each trailer to issue the driver a parking permit for a specific area, and direct the driver to that area. Courteous cooperation with their direction is expected.
Under no circumstances should a trailer be left unattended or parked on Soldiers Field Road (i.e., not in a parking lot) at any time-it will be subject to being towed.
Trailers with only a few shells on them can be unloaded at Regatta lot #2, and then must go to Daley Field on Nonantum Road, near Community Rowing Inc. Each team will be given one loading permit to access the parking area for dropping off equipment and people. No other vehicles will be permitted to enter lot #2, and loading permits do not allow the vehicle to park. Unauthorized parked vehicles will be towed! A shuttle bus service will circulate throughout the entire three-mile course, so athletes and spectators can easily move around the Regatta.
If trucks detach from their trailer after parking, it will be very difficult for a truck to return to their trailers. Once having left the trailer parking area, no trucks may return until late Sunday afternoon. If your vehicle is carrying shells to be used only on Saturday (shells for Club events) and you wish to remove the vehicle permanently after the racing on Saturday, please let the Regatta Volunteer at the gate know this and you will be assigned a special unobstructed parking space to allow you to leave.
Trailers are not allowed to park on Greenough Boulevard throughout the weekend. Van parking will be permitted on Greenough Boulevard inbound, from the Arsenal Street Bridge, along the river to the Belmont Hill School boat house. Absolutely NO trailers may park on Greenough Boulevard, as they will be towed.
Vehicles carrying only single or double shells will not be permitted to enter FALS. However, trailers with large boats and some singles and doubles will be allowed to enter and launch from FALS.
Singles and Doubles go to SADL at Magazine Beach in Cambridge
Singles and doubles are directed to the Singles and Doubles Launch (SADL) site at Magazine Beach, on Memorial Drive (Route 2) in Cambridge. Rowers of singles and doubles may drop off their shells beginning Friday morning at 8:00 AM at SADL. Scullers can store their boats at SADL and launch from nearby docks. Regatta competitors with only singles or doubles will not be allowed into FALS.
Please note, this is NOT overnight parking. Please park only in designated areas and avoid areas recently seeded for grass. Security will begin on Friday and run through Sunday at 6:00 PM, however the Head Of The Charles will not assume responsibility for your equipment during the weekend.
Security will be at both FALS and SADL
Starting Thursday evening, security will be on-site at SADL and FALS, and will continue both Friday and Saturday evenings to provide a roaming presence. The Head Of The Charles will not assume responsibility for equipment.
Free shuttle service all Regatta weekend!
Shuttles will circulate the three-mile Regatta course route all weekend. There are two shuttle loops, with an interchange for both routes at Cambridge Boat Club.
FINISH AREA LOOP
This route covers the area between Cambridge Boat Club and the finish line area:
1. Cambridge Boat Club
2. Buckingham Browne & Nichols
3. Eliot Bridge @ Soldiers Field Road
4. Rowing & Fitness EXPO
5. Soldiers Field Road @ Finish Line
6. Greenough Boulevard @ Arsenal Street Bridge
7. Greenough Boulevard @ Grove Street
8. Greenough Boulevard @ Finish Line
9. Marsh Post
MAGAZINE BEACH LOOP
This route covers the area between Magazine Beach and Cambridge Boat Club:
1. Magazine Beach/SADL (Single and Doubles Launch)
2. Reunion Village
3. Storrow Drive west @ JFK/Anderson Bridge
4. Cambridge Boat Club
5. Storrow Drive east @ JFK/Anderson Bridge
6. Soldiers Field Road @ Western Avenue
7. Riverside Boat Club
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