The Head of the Charles Regatta, the super bowl of sculling, brings 11,000 rowers to the river this weekend. There’s a good chance it will rain on Saturday, but Sunday could be the pick of the weekend.
Rowers practice along the Charles. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)A 55 foot boat is lifted into position at the Cambridge Boat Club during the Head of the Charles. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)Cambridge, MA – October 20: A coxswain directs the rowers as they practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)Cambridge, MA – October 20: Rowers practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)Cambridge, MA – October 20: Rowers practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Rowers practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: A coxswain directs the rowers as they practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Rowers wait to be able to practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Olympian Michelle Sechser
takes her boat out of the water at the Cambridge Boat Club during the Head of the Charles. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Rowers practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
A 55 foot boat is lifted into position at the Cambridge Boat Club during the Head of the Charles. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Rowers practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Rowers wait to be able to practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Rowers practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: A rower practices along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Cambridge, MA - October 20: Rowers practice along the Charles River during the Head of the Charles Regatta. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
