This Weekend on the Charles

Lots of unusual things going on this weekend so listen up and do yourself a favor and stay out of the basin this weekend.  If rowing after 10am pay particular attention to the CRLS/BLS event detailed at the bottom of this email.  And keep in mind, work continues on the BU bridge on both night and day (not evening) shifts.  Watch out for barges.

SATURDAY

7:30am to 10:30am - Charles River Swim.  Big course that goes around buoys in the basin.  go early or avoid, Avoid, AVOID.  Powerboaters will need to keep their eyes open for directions from race officials.

 

SUNDAY

6:30am to 10am - UBC regatta on the 2k course.  No wake please and non-participants should row upstream.

10:00am to 10:30am - Battle of the Latins with CRLS v BLS from Newton Yacht Club to the Canoe and Kayak docks at Herter park.  fours and eights racing using widest (read: not the usual) arches with launches on hand to ensure safety.  See details below.

11:00am to 2PM  CRLS Parent Slow Row - The CRLS crew will hold it's annual end of season bbq and parent row at the Cambridge Boat Club.  Members of the team are welcome to take their family and friends out in the shells for slow rows for fun.  Coaches will be monitoring the crews.

 CRLS v BLS event details.

This coming Sunday, June 3rd, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Crew will be racing the Boston Latin School Crew.  This is a special course used only for this one race and we specifically hold the race at this time of the morning to hopefully avoid as much boat traffic as possible.  We begin at the Newton Yacht Club and race side by side to the Charles River Canoe and Kayak Rental Center in Herter Park.  The course goes downstream through the center arch of the North Beacon Street bridge (with a launch on hand to make sure no upstream traveling rowers are caught by surprise) and the Watertown (upstream for rowers - so again with the launch supervision) arch of the Arsenal St. bridge.   Racing begins at 10:00 am and should be done by 10:20 am.   

We are asking for special consideration and patience of anyone on the water in that area at that time.  We will have coaches in launches stationed at both the N. Beacon St. and Arsenal bridges to help monitor traffic.   Addtionally we will be dropping bouys at several points along the course to help control traffic and the racing crews.  

Please give me a call at 617-461-0557 or email me if you have any questions or concerns about this. 

Thank you, 

Dale Wickenheiser

Head Coach 

CRLS Crew

 

CRLS Athletics / Crew
459 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
office)617-349-6690
fax)617-349-6692
cell)617-461-0557
www.crlsrowing.org