My first Head on the Charles
I attended all the fanfare and festivity of Head on the Charles, the world’s largest regatta, today. This event is not organized by Harvard, which was what I had previously thought. Apparently, many athletes and spectators from around the world came to participate in numerous crew events. I just really went to see what happened, see how the rowing looked, obtain free things, and get some time out of the dorm.
If anything, I got a free Best Buy bag out of the entire experience, but it was also interesting to see the boats rowing by. From the bridge, the boats looked incredibly slow as they rowed head-on in regards to your view, whereas from the river banks, the boats seemed much faster from a lateral viewpoint. I took a few pictures on this cold, cloudy day.
Countries that had a team (most likely from a school) participating this year
Scene of the river from the bridge; tents were set up on the right
Keeping the green theme; courtesy shuttles ran by TD Bank
One of the tents was advertising cars such as these. I guess we know who the target demographic is.
Dunster house! The red bell tower! The unsightly building on the right is another house.
The score board. I don’t see Harvard, but as a rower told me, “Head on the Charles is meant to be fun, not about competition.”