This weekend on the Charles and an updated HEADS UP! for next weekend.

Hi Folks,

Please share with your memberships and any anticipated guests.

 

Here's whats going on on the river this weekend, and an updated heads up for next weekend.  Please take note of the boyscout event on October 7th.  All boathouses are asked to take any and all measures to alert members AND guests of this event.  Rowers, in particular need to be proactive in making sure no one is heading full tilt for the Head of the Charles finish line into a pack of boyscouts.

 

SATURDAY, Sept. 29th.

Host - MIT Collegiate Sailing Regatta - between Longfellow and Harvard (Mass Ave) bridges.  Smith Trophy- 20 Teams, 20 boats.  If you have not read up on your 'sailing advisory for rowers and other boaters', now would be a good time to do that.  Find it on the rowing and other boating pages on the CRAB website.

 

SUNDAY, Sept. 30th.

9AM TO 11AM.  BU v. URI Women.  2 x HOCR  (meaning 2 times on teh Head of the Charles Course, BU Boathouse to about 10 strokes upstream of the wooden boardwalk at Herter Park).  WILL BUOY THE ELLIOT TURN   approximately 6 boats total on the course.  If you have not read up on your 'rowing advisory for sailors and other boaters', now would be a good time to do that.  Find it on the sailing and other boating pages on the CRAB website.

 

 

HEADS UP!

Sunday, October 7th,

9am to 5pm, 90!  Canoes and Kayaks will be filled with Boyscouts paddeling between Eliot and Arsenal Bridges.  If rowing, it is highly recommended that you finish your HOCR pieces and flee the area BEFORE 9am.  All rowing boathouses are asked to make sure that any out-of-town guest are aware of this and do not launch past 7am.

 

7pm to 10pm  (updated time from the DCR)

The River will be CLOSED from Arsenal Bridge to Elliot Bridge for a DCR Permitted event involving a fireworks barge.  Please adjust your schedules accordingly.  The barge will travel up river to be in place by 7pm and will exit the river immediately following the event. 

UPDATED this weekend on the Charles

Saturday, Sept 22,

7:30AM to 9:30AM

UBC Stake Race, buoyed square course around the entire Longfellow to Mass Ave section of the River.Union Boat Club would like to invite you to the 2012 Commissioners Cup Stake Race this Saturday. The race is open to all singles and double sculls (men, women, mixed). There is no entry fee for this event. Meeting time will be 7:00am prompt at the Union Boat Club dock, where bow numbers will be distributed and waivers signed/collected. The race will start promptly at 7:30am.  The format of the Commissioners Stake Race is an approximate 3k head style race piece starting from the UBC Lagoon, racing to the Cambridge corner or the Longfellow Bridge, then up to the racing arch at the Mass Ave Bridge, and back down to the UBC Lagoon.  While we calculate the results, enjoy coffee and snacks at UBC.

the crls race vs. ncds has been changed to 10:30 - 11:00AM

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School vs. Newton Country Day School on the HOCR course (BU Boathouse to upstream of the boardwalk at Herter Park).

 

Sunday, Sept 23

7:00am to 8:30am

Head of the Kevin Part II, HOCR course, (BU Boathouse to upstream of the boardwalk at Herter Park).

Best 2 of 3 race series on the Head of the Charles course for Riverside Boat Club members and invited guests.  Other rowers are asked to NOT jump into the starting order as it screws up timing.  All participants are reminded that they MUST adhere to the traffic pattern.  Any rower who cannot stay where he or she needs to be at full pressure should not participate.

 

HEADS UP!

Sunday, October 7th,

9am to 5pm, 90!  Canoes and Kayaks will be filled with Boyscouts paddeling between Eliot and Arsenal Bridges.  If rowing, it is highly recommended that you finish your HOCR pieces and flee the area BEFORE 9am.

 

6pm to 9pm

The River will be CLOSED from Arsenal Bridge to Elliot Bridge for a DCR Permitted event.  Please adjust your schedules accordingly.  More informaion will be available about this event but in the meantime, mark your calendars.

This Weekend on the Charles

Hey folks:  See the weekend schedule below, and a big heads up for October 7th.  Also, the usual reminders

• Paint your blades for the club from which you row,  It is required by the State Police.
• Lights are required when rowing in the dark or semi-dark.  on rowing shells, coaches boats, power boats, kayaks, dragon boats - everyone!  Red/Green split in bow, white light in the stern.  Don't have them?  Dont go out.
• Keep to the right.  It ain't race day, so just row wisely.

 

Saturday, Sept 22,

7:30AM to 9:30AM

UBC Stake Race, buoyed square course around the entire Longfellow to Mass Ave section of the River.Union Boat Club would like to invite you to the 2012 Commissioners Cup Stake Race this Saturday. The race is open to all singles and double sculls (men, women, mixed). There is no entry fee for this event. Meeting time will be 7:00am prompt at the Union Boat Club dock, where bow numbers will be distributed and waivers signed/collected. The race will start promptly at 7:30am.  The format of the Commissioners Stake Race is an approximate 3k head style race piece starting from the UBC Lagoon, racing to the Cambridge corner or the Longfellow Bridge, then up to the racing arch at the Mass Ave Bridge, and back down to the UBC Lagoon.  While we calculate the results, enjoy coffee and snacks at UBC.

9:00am to 10:00am

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School vs. Newton Country Day School on the HOCR course (BU Boathouse to upstream of the boardwalk at Herter Park).

 

Sunday, Sept 23

7:00am to 8:30am

Head of the Kevin Part II, HOCR course, (BU Boathouse to upstream of the boardwalk at Herter Park).

Best 2 of 3 race series on the Head of the Charles course for Riverside Boat Club members and invited guests.  Other rowers are asked to NOT jump into the starting order as it screws up timing.  All participants are reminded that they MUST adhere to the traffic pattern.  Any rower who cannot stay where he or she needs to be at full pressure should not participate.

 

HEADS UP!

Sunday, October 7th, 6pm to 9pm

The River will be CLOSED from Arsenal Bridge to Elliot Bridge for a DCR Permitted event.  Please adjust your schedules accordingly.  More informaion will be available about this event but in the meantime, mark your calendars.

Now and this weekend on the Charles!

As you know, we are mid fishing tourney (Best of Luck to the competitors).  Fishermen and women are the powerboaters most likely to get up early, so keep your eyes peeled in the mornings.  See info Below on that, and on this weekends, big CRI event and college Sailing is BACK! - and so are HOCR pieces.  See the notes on all of these things below..

 

Sept 12 - 14.  As you all know, there is a fishing tourney going on right now on the Charles River. 

The Final BASS fishing event on the Charles / Mystic river   September 12-14 .  the launch each day is out of the mystic wellington ramp in Medford Mass, the bass boats will have to lock through the two locks to get into the Charles river,  most of the bass fishing will be done at the lower end of the Charles and the mystic river, mystic lakes in Medford Ma.  because of the amount of time and the no wake  very few boats will head that far up the Charles river.  This is a regional event  with 48 total boats 6 from each of the states ME ,NY,RI, CT, NH,VT ,Canada and Spain. This event will  bring some notoriety to the Charles River  on the great job that has been done on the water quality and how well this river has been managed. We hope to get some funding from the B.A.S.S. ( Bass Anglers Sportsman Society ) after this event to continue with projects on the river like the water chestnuts.

 

 The launch times are app.  7:00 am each day  and they end app. 15:00-15:30.  All  fisherman are aware of the rivers no wake and  the scullers having  right of way as well as all restrictions,   any boat that doesn't follow the rules  will be disqualified.  I Have attached the flyer that all states received for your review.

 

All permits have been filed with the DCR and the state.

 

Saturday, Sept. 15, noon to 6pm. 

CRI is hosting the third annual Rumble on the River on Sept. 15, 2012, to benefit our military and adaptive rowing programs.  The day is both outdoor music festival and regatta, with 10 rowing events featuring a head race (from kayak pavillion to CRI dock) with a dash sprint immediately following for top finishers in each event. 

All clubs along the Charles are invited to participate in the racing, or simply enjoy the fantastic music line-up with headliner Gentlemen Hall!  Food vendors, beer tent, and more, from 12-6pm.

--Registration for rowing events is on www.regattacentral.com
--Timing and results by Here NOW  with optional GPS tracking
--Check Facebook for updates to the festival and VIP appearances at http://www.facebook.com/RumbleontheRiver

 

Saturday, Sept. 15th and Sunday, Sept. 16th, 10AM

Hatch Brown Trophy- Twenty Teams, 40 boats, avoid the basin after 10AM.  This might be a good time to check out the link below and read the Sailing Advisory for Rowers on the rowing page, about the 5th link down on the right.  Very good info for dragon boaters and canoe/kayakers and powerboaters as well.

 

Sunday, Sept 16th, 10AM to 11AM

CRLS will be hosting crews from Arlington-Belmont rowing.  Racing over the HOCR course, and then between RBC and CBC from 11:30-12:30

Big things this weekend and beyond on the Charles River

 OK folks, big events on the Charles this weekend and for the next week!  And welcome back to all the college and high school programs returning to the river!  The River is getting busy very quickly, so please make sure everyone in your organization is aware of of the events below and the river calendar, found on the CRAB website at www.charlesriverallianceofboaters.org  (thanks to Carl at Mass Bay League high school sailing for his continuing efforts to develop the site).

SATURDAY, September 8

Practice days begin for the fishing tourney held from Sept. 12-14.  See notice below, and keep your eyes open for visitors to the river who may not be aware of your traffic pattern?

SUNDAY, September 9

Head of the Kevin I

Launch time: 6:30am

Race Start:  7am

End time:  8:10am

Course:  3 miles from BU Boathouse to 10 strokes past the wooden boarwalk at Herter Park.

This is the first of a best-two-of-three head race series that takes place on the Head of the Charles course.  This is a Riverside only event (so that we don't totally hog the river) and though a limited number of guests are allowed in with prior approval only- IT IS NOT OK TO JUMP IN ON THIS EVENT.  There will be some launches on the course to assist with safety, but rowers are expected to follow the established rowing traffic pattern (NOT Head of the Charles rules, which only work on a closed course).  Everyone's cooperation is appreciated.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 12 - FRIDAY SEPT 14

Mass BASS Federation Nation Fishing Tournament -  Charles / Mystic river   September 8 -11 are practice days the actual tournament is the 12-14 .  the launch each day is out of the mystic wellington ramp in Medford Mass, the bass boats will have to lock through the two locks to get into the Charles river,  most of the bass fishing will be done at the lower end of the Charles and the mystic river, mystic lakes in Medford Ma.  because of the amount of time and the no wake  very few boats will head that far up the Charles river.  This is a regional event  with 48 total boats 6 from each of the states ME ,NY,RI, CT, NH,VT ,Canada and Spain. This event will  bring some notoriety to the Charles River  on the great job that has been done on the water quality and how well this river has been managed. We hope to get some funding from the B.A.S.S. ( Bass Anglers Sportsman Society ) after this event to continue with projects on the river like the water chestnuts.

The launch times are app.  7:00 am each day  and they end app. 3:30.  All  fisherman are aware of the rivers no wake and  the scullers having  right of way as well as all restrictions,   any boat that doesn't follow the rules  will be disqualified.  

All permits have been filed with the DCR and the state.

and a heads up for next weekend...

SATURDAY, SEPT 15  Noon to 6pm

CRI's Third Annual Rumble on the River

to benefit their military and adaptive rowing programs. 

The day is both outdoor music festival and regatta, with 10 rowing events featuring a head race (from kayak pavillion to CRI dock) with a dash sprint immediately following for top finishers in each event. 

All clubs along the Charles are invited to participate in the racing, or simply enjoy the fantastic music line-up with headliner Gentlemen Hall!  Food vendors, beer tent, and more, from 12-6pm.

--Registration for rowing events is on www.regattacentral.com
--Timing and results by Here NOW  with optional GPS tracking
--Check Facebook for updates to the festival and VIP appearances at http://www.facebook.com/RumbleontheRiver