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Photographs and Art 2006 Head of the Charles Regatta Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Practice Day

OK, who can tell us what we should do when I yell "Power 10"?

Answer: "Power 10" is a call to rowers to do 10 of their best, most powerful strokes.

It takes a lot of passion to row three miles up a river.

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"Head" races are a class of regattas generally three miles in length where the boats race against themselves and the clock. The boats start approximately 15 seconds apart, and the winners earn the honorary title of "Head of the River." The Head of the Charles Regatta is the world's largest two-day rowing event. The first race took place October 16, 1965. In its 43-year history, the race has grown into a 62-event regatta which draws over 300,000 fans and over 8,000 athletes from 600 universities, schools and clubs. Athletes travel from 15 different countries to compete.

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Singles Day One

Singles are boats about 26 feet long, 11 inches wide and weighing some 30 pounds. They are propelled by one person with two oars.

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Singles Day Two

The relative obscurity of rowing has helped it develop an introspective atmosphere, where long hours, early mornings on the river, and the physical pain of the event are the price of being a part of the rowing community. The intense focus of top rowers on their sport is unusual even by the standard of similarly excellent competitors in other sports.

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Doubles Day One

Doubles are boats about 32 feet long, 13 inches wide and weighing some 59 pounds. They are propelled by two people with two oars each.

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Doubles Day Two

Rowing boats (or similar vessels) have been around for centuries, but before the 18th century, there is little mention of boat races. In the 13th century, Venetian festivals called regata included boat races among others. Nowadays, rowing competitions are still called regattas (with a second 't' added).

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Fours Day One

Coxed Fours are boats about 42 feet long, 21 inches wide and weighing some 112 pounds. They are propelled by four people with one oar each and steered by a coxain.

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Fours & Quads Day Two

Thomas Doggett, an Irish comedian and joint manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, provided in his will dated 10th September 1721, for a prize of a coat and silver badge to be rowed for annually by six watermen within a year of completing their apprenticeships. As a real test of stay and endurance, the race used to be rowed in heavy old wherries which had to be pulled up against the ebb tide - sometimes it took contestants nearly two hours to row the distance! The race soon became open to abuses as contestants realised the advantages of using lighter undersized vessels. In some instances riotous behaviour was reported between competitors. In 1723, one of the leaders of the race had his “scull knocked away and a big boat rowed across his bows".

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Eights Day One

Coxed Eights are boats about 60 feet long, 26 inches wide and weighing some 211 pounds. They are propelled by eight people with one oar each and steered by a coxain.

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Eights Day Two

The more traditional event spectators have their spots along the banks of the Charles, on docks and on the car bridges crossing from Cambridge. From almost any spot you hear the banter of the coxes, the cutting of the water by oars, or the slapping of the water when some of the boats make their way to the starting line.

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I can offer you four choices if you see a photograph from the Regatta that you "Must Have":

$ 5.00 for a digital file included in an email (file size about 2 MB)

$ 7.50 for the digital file on CD mailed (price includes postage & Handling first class in US)

$10.00 for an 8x10 print mailed (price includes postage & Handling first class in US) - actual size of image would be 9.5 inches x 6.5 inches approx.

$ 15.00 for digital image on CD and an 8x10 print mailed (price includes postage & Handling first class in US) - actual size of image would be 9.5 x 65 approx.

You can pay by check payable to John Egan

1806 White Cedar Boulevard

Portsmouth NH 03801

For faster service email me and I will invoice you through Paypal

Please include your mailing address and the file number of the picture you desire.

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Mocko Rowing & Scullng Art mbies (Stilt Walkers)

....it was not the clock they were chasing. Rather, they were chasing the other competitors. The object of this competition was to row and bump their opponents' boats from behind, otherwise referred to as "bump" or "head" racing. When a boat was rammed, it was considered to be "out." Since the boats back then were extremely sturdy, they would sustain little damage, compared to the cost of damage that would occur with today's lighter, more aerodynamic and costly boats. Eventually, one by one, each of the boats that had entered the race would be eliminated until only one was left standing. This last boat standing was referred to as the "head of the river."

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