Head Of The Charles Regatta 1970 HOCR Program | Page 5

SIIXTH ANNUAL HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA

sponsored by the Cambridge Boat Club

Charles River Massachusetts Course Distance miles upstream

The Annual Head of the charles Regatta sponsored by the cambridge Boat club is patterned after the many English Head of The River races These make use of tortuous course which not only puts the

coxswains steering to test but allows greater distances to challenge the oarsmens endurance By eliminating the need for qualifying races head races also allow many more boats to compete in given amount of time

Although the contestants are rowing against time spectators are wit ness to keen competition between boats which take running starts only 10 seconds apart Boats are numbered consecutively so that it is easy

to see their relative positions in each event To minimize overlapping

events at the finish each event is started 15 to 20 minutes apart

SPECTATORS the best place to watch the Regatta is at the finish line

where the progress of each event on the river and the unofficial order of

finish will be announced by loudspeakers For spectators farther down

the course the river banks between Western Avenue and Boylston Street provide good vantage points near the two mile mark After the

regatta race information will be broadcast over WCAS Radio 740 a . m

We thank the Schaefer Brewing Company and Friends of the regatta in

Cambridge and the greater Boston community who have made this Regatta possible

such times will be announced to the public and press within 24 hours after the finish of the Regatta The presentation of medals and trophies will await the announcement of such official times This year computer is being tried experi

mentally and represents second unofficial system