This Weekend on the Charles

 This weekend on the Charles

****A word to powerboaters.  If you could please maintain no-wake speed when traveling along race courses during race times, especially in the basin where the boats seem far away but your wake still hits them, it would be much appreciated.  

SATURDAY

7:00	Harvard HM	V4
12	BU OW	3V
24	Radcliffe OW	V4B
36	Harvard HM	3V
48	BU OW	V4B
8:00	Harvard HM	1F	H Live Stream
12	Radcliffe OW	3V
24	BU OW	V4A
36	Radcliffe OW	V4A	H Live Stream
48	Harvard HM	2V
9:00	BU OW	2V
12	Harvard HM	1V	H Live Stream
24	Radcliffe OW	2V
36	BU OW	1V
48	Radcliffe OW	1V	H Live Stream
10:00	MITLW	1V
12	MITLW	1N
24	MITLW	2V

 

10AM to 11AM:  High School Racing in the Powerhouse (Weeks to the Powderhouse at Magazine Beach).

BB&N/Winsor/Nobles

11AM to Noon:  High  School Racing in the Powerhouse (Weeks to the Powderhouse at Magazine Beach)

The Ducey cup.  Brookline High v. BB&M

9AM to Noon:  DON'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE EARTH DAY CLEANUPS GOING ON ALL AROUND THE RIVER, RESCHEDULED FROM LAST WEEK.

SUNDAY

7:00AM to 10AM:  College Racing on the 2k course, (Longfellow to BU Bridges)

Unsure of the schedule but it is happening.

11AM to  3PM:  RUN OF THE CHARLES CANOE AND KAYAK RACE

upriver and downriver racing and lots of it. See the website for more detials.   Races include the following:  

• 26-Mile Professional Marathon, $5,000 in cash prizes
• 24-Mile Corporate Relay
• 24-Mile Non-Corporate Relay - government, women, mixed and open classes
• 19-Mile Races
• 9-Mile Races
• 6-Mile Races
• Paddleboard divisions

 

Barge ALERTS and Traffic Pattern Info

Anderson Bridge - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGE IN EFFECT.  Boston arch is closed.  The Center Arch is dedicated DOWNSTREAM ONLY for rowing, it remains bi-directional for powerboats.  There is also an inflatable boom on the Cambridge shore, just upstream on the bridge, pushing crews heading upstream toward the middle.  All boats should use caution, whether heading upstream or down, and take care to not wander into oncoming traffic.

 

BU/Grand Juncion Railroad Bridge - Emergency repairs continue.  Currently, the barge is blocking the main, Cambridge side arch.  But the shore arch is open and clear enough for an eight.  Please use caution.  CRAB folks are working with the State to get construction updates.

 

Longfellow Bridge - Barges at work.  No traffic pattern changes, but use extreme caution  -  or better yet, rowers should just turn before this bridge.  This is going to be 3 years of major construction so do yourself a favor and turn before the bridge.  CRAB folks are meeting with the state to get a better handle on this project to ensure safe boating for powerboaters paddlers, and rowers who opt to go through - but let me say it one more time, rowers should just get used to turning before this bridge.

 

not so fine print and legalese.... CRAB is not the boss of you.  We cannot tell you what to do.  We offer information that we believe to be true in a good faith effort to improve awareness, communication and boating safety.  And we do this because we believe that the boaters of the Charles River want a safe boating environment for all.